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Pancalia leuwenhoekella

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Pancalia leuwenhoekella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Pancalia
Species:
P. leuwenhoekella
Binomial name
Pancalia leuwenhoekella
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena leuwenhoekella Linnaeus, 1761
  • Phalaena leuvenhoekella Linnaeus, 1767
  • Tinea leuwenhockella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Oecophora schmidtella Treitschke, 1833
  • Pancalia leeuwenhoeckella

Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Subspecies

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Subspecies include:[1]

  • Pancalia leuwenhoekella leuwenhoekella
  • Pancalia leuwenhoekella japonica Riedl, 1973 (Japan: Honshu)
  • Pancalia leuwenhoekella mandshuricella Sinev, 1985 (Russian Far East)

Distribution and habitat

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This 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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Side view

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

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The 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

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  • 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)
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References

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  1. ^ GBIF
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ a b c UKmoths
  4. ^ a b Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)