钩蛾科(Drepanidae)隶属于鳞翅目尺蛾总科,钩蛾亦名钩翅蛾,因其前翅顶角弯突成钩故名。但其中有的种类顶角略圆并不尖突,而在其它蛾科(例如尺蛾科Geom etridae)中也有带钩的种类,因而不能据为鉴定的特征。钩蛾科较小,全世界已知约有400种,多发生于热带和亚热带地区,我国记载的约80种,中国蛾类图鉴 (Ⅰ)载有29种。 Drepanidae (Drepanidae) belongs to the Lepidoptera moths chiefs, hook moths also known as the hook moths, because of its tip wing bending into a hook named. However, some of them are slightly rounded and not sharply pointed, while others are hooked in other moths (eg, Geom etridae) and therefore can not be characterized. There are about 400 species known in the world, most of which occur in the tropical and subtropical regions. About 80 species are recorded in China and 29 species are contained in the Chinese moth species (Ⅰ).