A new species of forester moth from victoria (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae: Procridinae)

Abstract

A new species of forester moth, Pollanisus marriotti sp. n., is described from Victoria. It is similar to Pollanisus angustifrons Tarmann, 2004 and several closely related species from northern Queensland but distinguishable by its size, the breadth of its head and by the structure of the antennae. Pollanisus marriotti sp. n. is currently known from a single locality in the vicinity of Gembrook, east of Melbourne, where it occurs together with Pollanisus lithopastus Turner, 1926, from which it can be readily distinguished by the coloration of the abdomen and the size of the head and compound eyes.