Pollanisus edwardsi, Tarmann, 2004

Mollet, Bernard & Tarmann, Gerhard M., 2023, Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae), Zootaxa 5281 (1), pp. 1-72 : 19

Pollanisus edwardsi

Published data ( Tarmann 2004).

Material examined ( Table 4 ). Paratype: 1 ♁ ( Figs 51, 52 ), New South Wales, Mt Kosciusko , 4500 ft, 23.I.1914 ( ANIC) .

Discussion and differential diagnosis. This species is known from sea level up to mountains at about 1,370 m (4,500 ft). The wing’s feature and the head ratio data are identical to those of P. species 2, but the latter is much smaller. The habitus of P. edwardsi is similar to that of P. subdolosa subdolosa , which differs in smaller size and in head features, with a narrower frons and bigger compound eyes ( Tarmann 2004).

Phenology and bionomics. The head ratios are within the values of those of the diurnal species (table 17) suggesting a diurnal behavior. The larval host-plant is unknown.

Figures

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).