Pollanisus calliceros calliceros, Turner, 1926

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

Pollanisus calliceros calliceros — Pollanisus calliceros azurea

Published data ( Tarmann 2004) and additional localities.

Material examined, P. calliceros azurea ( Table 13). New South Wales. 1 ♁ (910) ( Figs 184, 188 ), 1 ♁, W. of Gloucester, Barrington Tops, 1 km SE of Polblue Swamp, 19.I.2009, A. & A. Kallies leg. ( BMC); 1 ♁, Barrington Tops , Polblue Swamp , 31°57′S, 151°25′E, 1470 m, 25.II.2013, S. & B. Mollet leg. ( BMC) .

Discussion and differential diagnosis. Unmistakable, owing to the short, rounded wings and the very strongly pectinated antennae in the male. The nominotypical Pollanisus calliceros calliceros has the upperside of the forewing dark green, while it is bluish in P. calliceros azurea ( Tarmann 2004) . Unfortunately no P. c. calliceros were examined in ANIC for head ratios comparison with P. c. azurea. Whilst waiting for more accurate measurement of head ratios in P. c. calliceros the status of the two subspecies is maintained.

Phenology and bionomics. Nothing is known about the larval host plant. Males are active in day time. P. c. calliceros occurs in Tasmania, Victoria and in the South of New South Wales while P. c. azurea is localized in the North of New South Wales.

Figures

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).