Species Details

ABH: 34.001

BF: 899

Family: Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily: Antiquerinae

Taxon: Pancalia leuwenhoekella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1761)

Vernacular: Violet Beauty

Account: Local on calcareous grassland, mainly in southern England, but sparingly northwards to Easter Ross; rare in Ireland Similar to P. schwarzella, but differs in its smaller wingspan, the perpendicular position of the second silver spot on the tornus of the forewing and in both sexes by the broad white subapical section of the antenna (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva mines petioles of Hairy Violet and Common Dog-violet, subsequently living in the roots and feeding on the bark, over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 10 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Apr (2011) — 30 Jul (2007)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Viola hirta (Hairy Violet).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/pancalia-leuwenhoekella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 77

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2023

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