| Pancalia leuwenhoekella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Pancalia |
| Species: | P. leuwenhoekella |
| Binomial name | |
| Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Subspecies include: [1]
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]
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] [5]
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 . [6]
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