Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae)
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Mollet, Bernard
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Author
Tarmann, Gerhard M.
0000-0002-1913-4485
molletb@wanadoo.fr
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Zootaxa
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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
).