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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Drepanoidea » Hooktip & False Owlet Moths (Drepanidae)

Family Drepanidae - Hooktip & False Owlet Moths

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Oreta rosea Arched Hooktip - Drepana arcuata Delta-wing Moth - Drepana arcuata 970a Ceranemota cf. C. albertae - Lutestring Moth 6248 Northern Eudeilinia? - Eudeilinia herminiata - female Lettered Habrosyne - Habrosyne scripta Euthyatira semicircularis Lettered Habrosyne - Habrosyne scripta
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Drepanoidea
Family Drepanidae (Hooktip & False Owlet Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
includes the former family Thyatiridae as a subfamily (Thyatirinae)
BugGuide currently follows the moth classification and nomenclature used at All-Leps.
Numbers
A small family, Nearctica.com lists three genera and five species for North America. These are: Drepana--2 spp., Eudeilinia 2 spp., and Oreta--1 sp. - [PC, 17 May 2004]
21 species in 9 genera in two subfamilies in North America listed at All-Leps (includes 5 species in 3 genera in subfamily Drepaninae, and 16 species in 6 genera in subfamily Thyatirinae) - [RM, 4 Sep 2006]
Range
throughout North America except Yukon and Alaska
Remarks
The former family Thyatiridae is now considered a subfamily (Thyatirinae) of Drepanidae. Web sites that have incorporated this change include Butterflies & Moths of the World, CBIF, North Dakota State U., U. of Bonn in Germany, Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa, FUNET, Wikipedia Encyclopedia, and Jeremy Tatum, who laments the change here. - [RM, 15 May 2005]
Internet References
NCSU Entomology collection lists these species as having specimens from North Carolina, with # pinned: Drepana arcuata (36), Eudeilinia herminiata (11), and Oreta rosea (35). Drepana bilineata is listed in the collection, just not with a North Carolina specimen.
Drepanoidea of Canada shows pinned adult images of 12 species. Among the Drepaninae, Eudeilinia herminiata does not have hook-tipped wings.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Robin McLeod
Last updated 4 September, 2006 - 10:16pm

Counts, links... for incorpation in the future if desired...
Troy: feel free to copy and paste into your family account if desired. I had just happened to look this stuff up the other day.

A small family, Nearctica.com lists three genera and five species for North America. These are: Drepana--2 spp, Eudeilinia 2 spp, and Oreta--1 sp.

NCSU Entomology collection lists these species as having specimens from North Carolina, with # pinned: Drepana arcuata (36), Eudeilinia herminiata (11), and Oreta rosea (35). Drepana bilineata is listed in the collection, just not with a North Carolina specimen. (Given that Troy B. has found it in Piedmont Georgia, it is probably present in North Carolina as well.)

This page on Drepanoidea of Canada shows 4/5 North American species. They list Drepanidae as a subfamily. Eudeilinia herminiata does not have the hook-tipped wings--that is just no fair.

It's nice to have a moth family small enough to learn! (I am going nuts trying to learn Noctuidae.)

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 19 May, 2004 - 6:13am

 
Reassigned
I reassigned this page to you, Patrick. You can incorporate your findings. I have a new feature planned that will allow designated users to "take ownership" of pages like this that have no real substance.
… Troy Bartlett, 19 May, 2004 - 9:22am

 
Oops
I didn't really find D. bilineata. I think I got the common name right on that specimen (Arched), but I copied the wrong latin name apparently. I'll fix it up.
… Troy Bartlett, 19 May, 2004 - 9:18am

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