Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1761) Species
Last modified: Dec. 2, 2024, 1:02 p.m.
Still a very rare species, but it can be locally fairly common, especially in the chalk and limestone area's in the southern part of Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Cosmopterigidae > Subfamily: Antequerinae > Genus: Pancalia > Species: Pancalia leuwenhoekella
- Vernacular names
- Kleine viooltjesmot (NL)
- Synonyms
- Pancalia schmidtella (Treitschke, 1833)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 25 (as schmidtella). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larva lives at first mining in a petiole of the food plant and later in a silken gallery in the rootstock, where it eats the bark.
Pupation in a firm cocoon of silk and detritus on the ground.
The adults are active during the day in bright sun. They fly around the food plants, especially in sunny days.
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Flight periods
The adults fly from mid-April till mid-June, sometimes as late as mid-July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Viola hirta and Viola canina
Oligophagous on Violaceae.
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Habitat
Mainly on chalk and limestone grassland.
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