Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Subspecies Subspecies include: GBIF Pancalia leuwenhoekella leuwenhoekella Pancalia leuwenhoekella japonica Riedl, 1973 (Japan: Honshu) Pancalia leuwenhoekella mandshuricella Sinev, 1985 (Russian Far East)
Distribution and habitat This species is present in nearly all of Europe.Fauna Europaea In the east, the range extends to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, south-western Siberia and the Russian Far East. Pancalia leuwenhoekella prefers chalk and limestone habitats.
Description
Pancalia leuwenhoekella has a wingspan of 10–12 mm. The head and thorax are dark bronzy-metallic. Antennae usually with white subapical band. Forewings are deep orange, margins more or less blackish; a narrow interrupted fascia at 1/4, a costal spot before middle and another inwardly oblique at 3/4, a dorsal median spot and an erect tornal mark pale golden-metallic, blackish-edged; a whitish spot in cilia on posterior costal spot. Hindwings are rather dark bronzy-fuscous.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description This species is very similar to Pancalia schwarzella .Koster, J.C. & Sinev, S.Yu., 2003. Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxe nidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. - In P. Huemer, 0. Karsholt and L. Lyneborg (eds): Microlepidoptera of Europe 5: 1-387. ISBN 87-88757-66-8 ISSN 1395-9506
Biology The larva is dull purple - reddish, segmental incisions and wrinkles pale brownish-ochreous; head pale yellowish-brown, darker-marked; plate of 2 transparent. Adults are on wing from April to June.UKmoths
The larvae feed on Viola species, including Viola tricolor, Viola hirta and Viola canina.microlepidoptera.nl
Bibliography Bradley, J.D.Checklist of Lepidoptera Recorded from The British Isles, Second Edition (Revised) (2000) C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1. Auflage. Band 5. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8, S. 93 Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J.R. (Eds.)The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 4 (Part 1) (2002)
External links Lepiforum Funet - Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
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