Drepana arcuata “Arched Hooktip Moth” Drepanidae
Clinton, MT
July 25, 2015
Robert Niese
Here’s another moth we spotted during our Mothlighting event for
National Moth Week with the Missoula Butterfly House. These moths are positively unmistakable! In our area there are no other moths that pull-off the “I’m a dead leaf” look quite as well as the Hooktips. The PNW is home to two species of Hooktip moths – D. arcuata and D. bilineata (which, as its name suggests, has two lines instead of one). As larva, Hooktip moths feed on the leaves of Alder and Birch trees where they hide inside folded leaves.
