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
8.
Frisilia nesciatella
Walker, 1864
List Spec. Lep. Ins. Colln. Brit. Mus.: 796;
Wu and Park, 1999
: 6. TL:
Sri Lanka
[BMNH]. =
basaliella
Walker, 1864
.
Diagnosis.
The species is characterized by the thick, dark fuscous antenna. The male is known for the first time.
Adult (
Fig. 9
,
holotype
). Wingspan, 10.0–11.0 mm.
Male genitalia (
Figs. 40, 40
a). Valva with large, round median protrusion on ventral margin; distal part of valva thumb-like with round apex. Median lobe of juxta slightly bent, as long as 1/3 length of valva, heavily sclerotized. Aedeagus with a long bar-shaped cornutus, as long as 2/3 of aedeagus.
Female genitalia (GU-14054,
holotype
, deposited in BMNH). The genital slide of the
holotype
is poorly dissected and mounted, and not illustrated here.
Material examined
. 1Ψ (
holotype
), 29/795-6,
Sri Lanka
, gen. prep. no. GU-14054, and six additional specimens including the
holotype
(♂) of
F. basaliella
Walker, 1864
, in
BMNH
.
1♂
, Anu Dist., Hunuwilagamma
200 ft
,
28 X 1976
;
1♂
,
10–19 III 1970
; 1?, Rat Dist., Uggalkatota
350 ft
,
31 I – 8 II 1976
, in
USNM
.
Distribution.
Sri Lanka
.