About Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pancalia leuwenhoekella (Linnaeus, 1758) has a wingspan of 10–12 mm. Its head and thorax are dark bronzy-metallic. Its antennae usually have a white subapical band. The forewings are deep orange, with more or less blackish margins. Several pale golden-metallic, blackish-edged markings are present on the forewings: a narrow interrupted fascia at 1/4, a costal spot before the middle, another inwardly oblique costal spot at 3/4, a dorsal median spot, and an erect tornal mark. There is also a whitish spot in the cilia on the posterior costal spot. The hindwings are a rather dark bronzy-fuscous color. This species is very similar to Pancalia schwarzella. This species is present across nearly all of Europe. To the east, its range extends into Asia Minor, the Caucasus, south-western Siberia, and the Russian Far East. Pancalia leuwenhoekella prefers chalk and limestone habitats.
