Pollanisus hyacinthus, Kallies & Mollet, 2018

Mollet, Bernard & Tarmann, Gerhard M., 2023, Revision of the genus Pollanisus Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae), Zootaxa 5281 (1), pp. 1-72 : 55-57

Pollanisus hyacinthus

Published data ( Kallies, Mollet & Young 2018).

Material examined ( Table 13). South Australia. Paratypes: 1 ♁, Kangaroo Island, Seal Bay Conservation Park, 35°59′27.0″S, 137°19′57.0″E, 27 m, 13.III.2009, D. A. Young, S. & B. Mollet leg. ( BMC); 1 ♁ (1529) ( Figs 186, 190 ), 3 ♁, same data but 24/ 31.III.2009, D. A. Young leg. ( BMC) .

Discussion and differential diagnosis. Pollanisus hyacinthus , P. isolatus , P. cyanota and P. calliceros can be distinguished by the differences in their head ratios ( Table 17 ).

Phenology and bionomics. Nothing is known about the larval host plant. Males are active in day time ( Kallies, Mollet & Young 2018). The only known habitats are in coastal heath of southern Kangaroo Island ( Fig. 191 ).

Distribution map ( Fig. 192 )

Figures

FIGURE 192. Pollanisus cyanota. P. calliceros calliceros. P. calliceros azurea. P. isolatus. P. hyacinthus

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).