Frisilia melanardis 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 : 12

21. Frisilia melanardis Meyrick, 1910

Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1910: 446; Clarke, 1965: 59. TL: Borneo, Kuching. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The species is one of the largest species of the genus. It is distinguished from its allies by the fringe of the forewing, with fuscous scales near apex, and the termen not strongly oblique.

Adult ( Fig. 22 , lectotype). Wingspan, 22.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 53, 53 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 30, Figs. 1 a–b).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 64 ). The female genitalia are illustrated for the first time. Apophyses anteriores about 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum funnel-shaped, short. Ductus bursae about 1.5x corpus bursae, with sparse conical spines. Corpus bursae ovate, large, with elliptical large zone bearing conical spines beyond half, an accessory bursa arising from the lower corner of the zone; signum round with spinules on upper surface.

Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Kuching, Borneo, JH. 2. 0 7, gen. prep. no. BM-8675, and additional three types are in the BMNH. A female specimen is deposited in the USNM.

Distribution. Malaysia (Borneo).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Frisilia forficatella Park, male, adult. Left, overview of head, showing the fully scaled labial palpus as it appears in situ; right, denuded labial palpus, showing its atypical structure, which is diagnostic for males of this genus (after Park, 2005).

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 62 – 66. Female genitalia. 62, F. rostrata Meyrick, USNM- 88823, non-type; 63, F. cornualis sp. nov., paratype; 64, F. melanadris Meyrick, USNM- 90127, non-type; 65, F. crossophaea (Meyrick), GU- 8755 / BM, holotype; 66, F. h o m o c h l o r a Meyrick, BM- 8658, holotype