Pollanisus acharon

Pollanisus acharon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Pollanisus
Species:	P. acharon
Binomial name
	Pollanisus acharon; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Zygaena acharonFabricius, 1775;

Last updated May 02, 2019

Pollanisus acharon is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is only known from the type specimen, a female probably collected in Cooktown in north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.

In biology, a type is a particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralize the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage, a type was a taxon rather than a specimen.

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for females.

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