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

Pollanisus empyrea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

The length of the forewings is 8–8.5 mm for males and females.

The larvae probably feed on Hibbertia species.

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