Pollanisus modestus, Tarmann, 2004

Mollet, Bernard & Tarmann, Gerhard M., 2023, Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae), Zootaxa 5281 (1), pp. 1-72 : 50

Pollanisus modestus

Published data ( Tarmann 2004)

Material examined ( Table 12). Holotype. ♁ ( Fig. 178a ), NSW, Clyde Mt. , 2400 ft, 29.III.1960, I. F. B. Common & M. S. Upton leg., ( ANIC).

Discussion and differential diagnosis. The only specimen (holotype) was examined but unfortunately no photo of the head frontal view was made. It is similar in size to Pollanisus apicalis , but the shiny scales on the forewing upperside are distributed similarly to those of P. cupreus ( Tarmann 2004) , and the hindwing is opaque, large, without medial translucent area, and so similar to that of P. viridipulverulenta .

Phenology and bionomics. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 172–179. Pollanisus species, upperside and frontal view. P. apicalis. 172, 175. Big Desert. P. nocturna sp. n.. 173, 176. Holotype, Paluma N. P.; 174, 177. Paratype, Goulburn, Nerriga. P. viridipulverulenta. 178, 179. Big Desert. Upperside. P. modestus. 178a. Holotype, Clyde Mt., NSW. (scale bars: 1 mm).