Pancalia schwarzella
Pancalia black ella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of the splendor butterfly ( Cosmopterigidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 11-16 millimeters. The sensors shine bronze brown and have no white segments in the males. In females, the sensor in the middle are about twice as thick as at the base. A subapikaler section consists of about five white segments, which is followed by a bronze- brown apical section of about 15 segments. The forewings are yellowish brown to orange brown. The first Costalfleck is fused with the first Dorsalfleck and forms an inclined inwardly extending, pale shiny gold binding, which does not reach to the wing inner edge. The third Dorsalfleck runs obliquely outwards.
In the males, the left Valve is one and a half times as wide as the left and a little longer. She has a straight ventral margin. The left Valvella is wide and more than half as long and wide as the left Valve. The right Valvella is shorter and slimmer. The aedeagus is curved and tapers distally gradually to a sharp point.
In females, the sterigma is large and square and has rounded corners. The duct bursae is slender in the rear part and in the vicinity of the corpus bursae more than twice as wide. The corpus bursae is elongate and provided with two well-developed Signa.
Similar Species
The distinguishing features of similar types Pancalia nodosella and Pancalia baldizzonella are described in the respective Artartikeln.
Dissemination
Pancalia black ella is widely used in Europe with the exception of the Southeast. In southern Europe, the species occurs mainly in mountainous areas up to 2600 meters altitude. In the east, the range extends across the mountains of Central Asia, Siberia and Transbaikalia to Kamchatka.
Biology
The caterpillars develop on rough Violet (Viola hirta ) and dog - violet (Viola canina ). Little is known about the early stages, but it is believed that a similar development as in Pancalia leuwenhoekella takes place. Information from older literature can not be used here because Pancalia black ella was formerly regarded by various authors as a form of Pancalia leuwenhoekella and therefore it is not clear what type it is in the description of biology. The moths fly from late April to mid-June, at higher altitudes until the end of July. They are active on sunny days, both early in the morning and afternoon and visit flowers of dandelion (Taraxacum ), Hawk herbs ( Hieracium ), daisy (Bellis perennis), the ordinary foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ), forest strawberries and other plants.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Tinea black ella Fabricius, 1798
- Pancalia latreillella Curtis, 1830