Frisilia senilis Meyrick, 1910

Park, Kyu-Tek, Wu, Chunseng, Kun, Andras & Sohn, And Jae-Cheon, 2008, A taxonomic review of the genus Frisilia Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 1696, pp. 1-24 : 13

24. Frisilia senilis Meyrick, 1910

J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 436; Clarke 1965: 63. TL: S. India, N. Coorg. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are very close to those of the following species F. supriella Park, but can be separated by the shorter cucullus and the saccus with round base. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 25 , lectotype). Wingspan, 12.0–13.5 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 56, 56 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 31, Figs. 2 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Dibidi, N. Coorg. Newcome, X 8 [19]06, gen. prep. no. BM-8661, and five additional specimens in BMNH.

Distribution. India (South).

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 32. Adults. 17, F. anningensis Wu; 18, F. chinensis Gozmany; 19, F. compsostoma Meyrick; 20, F. c o r n u - alis sp. nov.; 21, F. homalistis Meyrick; 22, F. melanardis Meyrick; 23, F. neacantha Wu and Park; 24, F. procentra Meyrick; 25, F. senilis Meyrick; 26, F. spuriella Park; 27, F. strepsiptilia Meyrick; 28, F. sulcata Meyrick; 29, F. thapsina Wu and Park; 30, F. veriticosa Meyrick; 31, F. crossophaea (Meyrick); 32, F. homalistis Meyrick.

FIGURES 51 – 56. Male genitalia. 51, F. cornualis sp. nov., CIS- 5293, holotype; 52, F. homalistis Meyrick, CIS- 4290, non-type; 53, F. melanardis Meyrick, BM- 8675, holotype; 54, F. neacantha Wu and Park, USNM- 89614, holotype; 55, F. procentra Meyrick, BM- 8667, holotype; 56, F. senilis Meyrick, BM- 8661, holotype.

FIGURES 2 – 15. Adults. 2, Frisilia ancylosana Wu and Park; 3, F. asiana Park; 4, F. ceylonica Park and Wu; 5, F. dipsia Meyrick; 6, F. forficatella Park; 7, F. heliapta (Meyrick); 8, F. moriutii Park; 9, F. nesciatella Walker; 10, F. nesiotes sp. nov.; 11, F. notifica Meyrick; 12, F. ro s t r a t a Meyrick; 13, F. sejuncta Meyrick; 14, F. tricrosura Wu and Park; 15, F. triturata Meyrick; 16, F. trizeugma Wu and Park.