Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Pancalia |
| Species: | P. leuwenhoekella
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| Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Subspecies
editSubspecies include:[1]
- Pancalia leuwenhoekella leuwenhoekella
- Pancalia leuwenhoekella japonica Riedl, 1973 (Japan: Honshu)
- Pancalia leuwenhoekella mandshuricella Sinev, 1985 (Russian Far East)
Distribution and habitat
editThis species is present in nearly all of Europe.[2] 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.[3]
Description
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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.[4] This species is very similar to Pancalia schwarzella .[3]
Biology
editThe larva is dull purple - reddish, segmental incisions and wrinkles pale brownish-ochreous; head pale yellowish-brown, darker-marked; plate of 2 transparent.[4] Adults are on wing from April to June.[3]
The larvae feed on Viola species, including Viola tricolor, Viola hirta and Viola canina.[5]
Bibliography
edit- 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
editReferences
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- ^ GBIF
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b c UKmoths
- ^ a b Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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