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Family	Drepanidae
Sub Family
Description	hook-tips
Background to Family	Six resident species develop as caterpillars exposed on the leaves of broadleaved trees; they typically occur on birches, beech or oaks. There are two generations per year, and the adults may feed at sap or honeydew.

No. taxa in DBIF	11
No. interactions	32
% interactions with British data	91%
No. records	54
% taxa with British data	91%
Notes	Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. New material added from Waring, Townsend & Lewington, 2003. Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing, UK.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	2003

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:32
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:31
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :15
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 41
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 40
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :16
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 24
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 23
Source	Waring, P. Townsend, M (2003) Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. 1-432, 42

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