Pancalia leuwenhoekella

Pancalia leuwenhoekella
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

Pancalia leuwenhoekella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found nearly all of Europe.[1]

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

The larvae feed on Viola 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]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
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