#2715 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Barred Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Beukeneenstaart ·Watsonalla cultraria
📍 Amsterdamse Bos - Schotse Hooglanders/Camping, Amstelveen, Nederland
📍 E35, 6882 CT Velp, Netherlands
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Oosterbeek, Nederland
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Andreas Manz · CC0
- 3. © Zachi Mihai · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Amsterdamse Bos - Schotse Hooglanders/Camping, Amstelveen, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. E35, 6882 CT Velp, Netherlands:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Oosterbeek, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The Barred Hook-tip ( Watsonalla cultraria ) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 61 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,983 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Barred Hook-tip
- Nederlands
- Beukeneenstaart
- scientific name
- Watsonalla cultraria
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Drepanidae
- sightings in NL
- 61
- sightings in Europe
- 2,769
- sightings worldwide
- 2,983
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,903
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Drepanidae
#2505 📷 10Oak Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Gele eenstaart
Watsonalla binaria
👀 225 in NL
#2588 📷 10Pebble Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Berkeneenstaart
Drepana falcataria
👀 124 in NL
#2592 📷 10Buff Arches
🇳🇱 Vuursteenvlinder
Habrosyne pyritoides
👀 123 in NL
#2621 📷 10Peach Blossom Moth
🇳🇱 Braamvlinder
Thyatira batis
👀 100 in NL
#2677 📷 10Scalloped Hook-tip
🇳🇱 Bleke eenstaart
Falcaria lacertinaria
👀 74 in NL
#2707 📷 10Chinese Character
🇳🇱 Witte eenstaart
Cilix glaucata
👀 63 in NL
#2754 📷 10Figure of Eighty
🇳🇱 Peppel-orvlinder
Tethea ocularis
👀 53 in NL
#2760 📷 10Common Lutestring
🇳🇱 Tweestip-orvlinder
Ochropacha duplaris
👀 52 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324683, Wikidata Q998190, GBIF 1952812, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.