Species Pollanisus empyrea (Meyrick, 1888)
- Procris empyrea Meyrick, E. 1888. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 2(4): 835-928 [year of publication not confirmed] [927].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Albany, WA. - Procris amethystina Meyrick, E. 1888. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 2(4): 835-928 [year of publication not confirmed] [927].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Perth, WA.Subsequent designation references:
Tarmann, G.M. 2005. Zygaenid Moths of Australia. A revision of the Australian Zygaenidae (Procridinae: Artonini). Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 248 pp. [79].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tarmann, G.E. 1996. Zygaenidae. 143 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [143]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
General References
Nielsen, E.S. & Kristensen, N.P. 1996. The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera-Glossata. Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 1199-1302 [143] (Note #245: Pollanisms empyrea (Meyrick, 1888) and P. amethystina (Meyrick, 1888) [were] treated as synonyms following an examination of the holotype and syntypes. They represent colour variations of the same species: the bluish P. amethystina (Meyrick) is a rare variant of the bronze-coppery P. empyrea (Meyrick). The two names were published simultaneously. Priority [was] given to P. empyrea (Meyrick) by Tarman (1996: 143) as first reviser)
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