Pancalia leuwenhoekella

Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in nearly all of Europe.[1] In the east, the range extends to Asia Minor, the Caucasus, south-western Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Pancalia leuwenhoekella
Scientific classification
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

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.[2]

The larvae feed on Viola_(plant) species, including Viola tricolor, Viola hirta and Viola canina. They initially mine the leaf stem of their host plant. In this stage, frass is ejected out of the mine through a hole. Later, the larvae feed on the bast fibre of the subterranean parts of the plant from within a silken tunnel. Pupation takes place in a cocoon made of silk and covered with sand.[3]

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

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. UKmoths
  3. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine


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