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Pollanisus calliceros

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Pollanisus calliceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Pollanisus
Species:
P. calliceros
Binomial name
Pollanisus calliceros
Turner, 1926

Pollanisus calliceros is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Australia in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

The length of the forewings is 6.5–8 mm for males. There is one generation with adults on wing in mid-summer.

Subspecies

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  • Pollanisus calliceros calliceros Turner, 1926 (Tasmania, the mountains of Victoria and southernmost New South Wales)
  • Pollanisus calliceros azurea Tarmann, 2005 (mountains of central and northern New South Wales)
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