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Drepanidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Smithson. misc. Coll.</i>, 1874, <b>11</b>(247): 8

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Drepanidae

Name

Synonyms
Cymatophoridae
Thyatiridae
Homonyms
Drepanidae
Common names
Drepanids in English
Drepanids in English
Eenstaartjes in Dutch
Hook-tip Moths in English
Hook-tip Moths in English
Hooktip Moths in English
Hooktip Moths in English
Hooktip and False Owlet Moths in English
Seglvinger in Danish
Seglvinger in Danish
Sichelflügler in German
Wycinkowate in Polish
drepanids in English
drepanids in English
drepanids in English
eenstaartjes in Dutch
halvspinnarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
halvspinnere in Norwegian Bokmål
hook-tip moths in English
hook-tip moths in English
hooktip moths in English
hooktip moths in English
sarlósszövők in Hungarian
sikelvingar in Swedish
sirppisiivet ja villaselät in Finnish
sirppisiivet ja villaselät in Finnish
sirptiiblased in Estonian
srpokrídlovcovité in Slovak
srpokřídlecovití in Czech
suknarji in Slovenian
Серпокрилки in Ukrainian
Серпокрильцюваті in Ukrainian
Серпокрылки in Russian
ผีเสื้อปลายปีกตะขอ ฯลฯ in Thai
ผีเสื้อปีกขอ ฯลฯ in Thai
カギバガ科 in Japanese
鉤蛾科 in Chinese
钩蛾科 in Chinese
갈고리나방과 in Korean
Hooktip And False Owlet Moths in English
Hooktip And False Owlet Moths in English
halvspinnarar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
halvspinnere in Norwegian Bokmål
sikelvingar in Swedish
hooktip moths in English
sikelvingar in Swedish
スダレダイ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. CAAB
  2. CAAB
  3. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  4. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  5. ICZN (1976), Opinion 1046
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1961: Opinion 610: Drepanididae and Drepanidae (Aves and Insecta); addition to the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 18, part 4. 267-269.
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1976: Opinion 1046: Drepanididae Cabanis, 1847 (Aves) and Drepaneidae Gill, 1847 (Pisces): placed on official list of family-group names in zoology. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 32, part 4. 222-229.
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1046 Drepanididae Cabanis, 1847 (Aves) and Drepaneidae Gill, 1847 (Pisces): placed on Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(4), 222-229 (1976)
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1046 Drepanididae Cabanis, 1847 (Aves) and Drepaneidae Gill, 1847 (Pisces): placed on Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(4), 222-229 (1976)
  10. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 610 Drepanididae and Drepanidae (Aves and Insecta); addition to the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(4), 267-269 (1961)
  11. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 610 Drepanididae and Drepanidae (Aves and Insecta); addition to the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18(4), 267-269 (1961)
  12. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  13. Nelson, Joseph S., 2006: null. Fishes of the World, Fourth Edition. xix + 601.
  14. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. as per Drepaneidae
  17. as per included genera
  18. de Jong (2013) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web: version 2.6.2
  19. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
  20. van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221.
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