About Falcaria lacertinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
This species, Falcaria lacertinaria, has a wingspan of 27–35 mm. Its forewings are ochreous, mixed and streaked with dark fuscous, with darker veins. The first and second lines on the forewings are dark fuscous, nearly straight, and parallel. There is a black discal dot on the forewing, and the wing apex is suffused with ochreous-brown. The termen is irregularly dentate, and the cilia are blackish and spotted with white. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous, with a brownish tinge on the posterior portion. Hindwings also have a faint grey postmedian line and a dark fuscous discal dot. The larva is ochreous-brown with darker markings. Its dorsal line is pale with dark edges on the anterior portion, and dark and interrupted on the posterior portion. There are two blackish dorsal marks on the sixth segment, preceded by a pale area, and pairs of tubercular prominences on segments 3, 4, and 12. The first generation of adults may be more silvery-grey, while the second generation is smaller and lighter brown.
