Pollanisus species 2

Mollet, Bernard & Tarmann, Gerhard M., 2023, Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae), Zootaxa 5281 (1), pp. 1-72 : 20-21

Pollanisus species 2

Published data ( Tarmann 2004).

Material examined ( Table 4 ). 1 ♁ ( Figs 53–54 ), New South Wales, Murramarrang N. P., 1993, e. l. on Kennedia rubicunda, A. Gibbs leg. ( ANIC).

Discussion and differential diagnosis. Pollanisus edwardsi and P. species 2 share similar dark fore and hindwings ( Tarmann 2004) but P. species 2 is much smaller. P. edwardsi and P. species 2 share the head ratio data, as also with P. trimacula , but the latter has a dark proboscis (yellow in P. edwardsi and P. species 2) and differs in habitus by the presence of ochreous spots (although these are often missing) on the narrow forewing and the translucent central area part in the hindwing. P. trimacula is also known from Murramarang N. P. The habitus of P. species 2 is similar to that of P. subdolosa subdolosa , which differs in a bigger size and in the head features with a narrower frons and bigger compound eyes.

Phenology and bionomics. The larval host-plant of Pollanisus species 2 is Kennedia rubicunda (Fabaceae) ( Tarmann 2004), which has a large distribution from sea level to mountain areas and could be also the larval host-plant of P. edwardsi ( Fig. 55 ). Conspecifity between these two species cannot be excluded.

Distribution map ( Fig. 55 ).

Figures

FIGURE 55. Kennedia rubicunda (Fabaceae). Pollanisus edwardsi. P. species 2

FIGURES 51–54. Males, upperside and frontal view. Pollanisus edwardsi. 51, 52. Paratype, Mt Kosciusko. P. species 2. 53, 54. Murramarang N. P.. (scale bars: 1 mm).