Pollanisus cyanota (Meyrick, 1886)

Mollet, Bernard & Tarmann, Gerhard M., 2023, Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae), Zootaxa 5281 (1), pp. 1-72 : 55

Pollanisus cyanota

Published data ( Tarmann 2004) and additional localities.

Material examined ( Table 13). New South Wales. 1 ♁ ( Figs 183, 187 ), Ginninderra Falls , 24.11.1995, R. J. B. Hoare & M. Dominguez leg. ( TLMF) .

Discussion and differential diagnosis. Species best recognized by its shiny coppery collar, that contrasts with the shiny bluish green abdomen and in the female by its dark grey abdominal hairtuft ( Tarmann 2004).

Phenology and bionomics. Pollanisus cyanota is a diurnal species collected from late morning to the end of the afternoon. The larval host plants are Hibbertia obtusifolia and H. riparia (Dilleniaceae) ( Halsey 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 183–191. Pollanisus species, upperside and frontal view. P. cyanota. 183, 187. Ginninderra Falls. P. calliceros azurea. 184, 188. Barrington Tops. P. isolatus. 185, 189. Holotype, Beaconsfield. P. hyacinthus. 186, 190. Paratype, Seal Bay Conservation Park. 191. Habitat of P. hyacinthus. at Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. (scale bars: 1 mm).