Sabra harpagula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Sabra
Species:	S. harpagula
Binomial name
Sabra harpagula (Esper, 1786)[1]
Synonyms
Bombyx harpagula Esper, 1786 Palaeodrepana harpagula bitorosa Watson, 1968 Palaeodrepana harpagula emarginata Watson, 1968 Palaeodrepana harpagula olivacea Inoue, 1958

Sabra harpagula, the scarce hook-tip, is a moth of the family Drepanidae first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1786. It is found from Europe through temperate Asia to Japan.

The wingspan is 25–35 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.

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The larvae feed on Tilia (including Tilia cordata), Quercus, Alnus and Betula species.

Subspecies

• Sabra harpagula harpagula (Europe, south-eastern Russia, Manchuria)
• Sabra harpagula bitorosa (Watson, 1968) (China: Sichuan, Shaanxi)
• Sabra harpagula emarginata (Watson, 1968) (China: Zhejiang, Fujian)
• Sabra harpagula euroista Park, 2011 (Korea)
• Sabra harpagula olivacea (Inoue, 1958) (Japan)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sabra harpagula.

Wikispecies has information related to Sabra harpagula.

• Kimber, Ian. "65.006 BF1650 Scarce Hook-tip Sabra harpagula (Esper, 1786)". UKMoths. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Lepiforum e.V.