Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1761)
Violet Cosmet
34.0010 (B&F: 899)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gelechioidea
»Family: Cosmopterigidae
»Subfamily: Antequerinae
»Tribe: Hypercalliini
Local
A resident species occurring sparingly by day and singly at mv light in a few places on the Downs in both vice-counties. Very local and in decline. Double-brooded, flying mainly from early May to mid-June, and occasionally again from mid-July to early August. Larvae feed on hairy violet. (Pratt, 2011).
