Pollanisus empyrea

Pollanisus empyrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Pollanisus
Species: P. empyrea
Binomial name
Pollanisus empyrea
(Meyrick, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Procris empyrea Meyrick, 1888
  • Pollanisus empyreus
  • Procris amethystina Meyrick, 1888
  • Pollanisus amethystina
  • Pollanisus amethystinus

Pollanisus empyrea is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to the temperate parts of the Australian state of Western Australia.

The length of the forewings is 8-8.5 mm for males and females. It is probably at least partly bivoltine since adults have been found on wing in late summer and late autumn.

The head, thorax, forewing upperside and parts of the forewing and hindwing underside are covered with shiny (almost metallic) golden, greenish-golden or coppery-golden scales. There is also a rare colour variation with bluish-green parts. This variation was originally described as a distinct species.

The larvae probably feed on Hibbertia species.

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