A taxonomic review of the genus Frisilia Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with description of two new species
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Author
Wu, Chunseng
Author
Kun, Andras
Author
Sohn, And Jae-Cheon
text
Zootaxa
2008
1696
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.180724
1e95ef12-160a-4414-b49c-9fbdeaac4dc6
1175-5326
180724
Genus
Frisilia
Walker, 1864
Type
:
Frisilia nesciatella
Walker, 1864
. TL:
Sri Lanka
.
=
Tipasa
Walker, 1864
. Type-species:
Tipasa basaliella
Walker, 1864
= Macrernis
Meyrick, 1887
.Type-species:
Macrernis
heliapta
Meyrick, 1887
According to the male genital characteristics, the genus is divided into two species groups, the
nesciatella
group and the
anniningensis
group, according to the presence or the absence of a long median lobe of the juxta in the male genitalia. However, males of
F
.
crossophaea
Meyrick
and
F. homochlora
Meyrick
have not been found; therefore, those two species cannot be grouped in this review.