Frisilia triturata Meyrick, 1914

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 : 8

14. Frisilia triturata Meyrick, 1914

Exot. Microlep. 1: 277. TL: Afghanistan, Nyassaland, [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are similar to those of F. rostorata Meyrick but are distinguished by the long, sharply pointed median lobe of the juxta and the long cornutus. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 15 , type). Wingspan,15.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 46, 46 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 32, Figs. 1 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (type), Mt. Mlanje, Nyassaland, 7 III 1913, gen. prep. No. BM-9127 and an additional specimen are in the BMNH.

Distribution. Afghanistan.

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 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.

FIGURES 45 – 50. Male genitalia. 45, F. tricrosura Wu and Park, CIS- 5195, non-type; 46, F. triturata Meyrick, BM- 9127, holotype; 47, F. trizeugma Wu and Park, CIS- 5190, non-type; 48, F. anningensis Wu, IZAS-W 89178, holotype; 49, F. chinensis Gozmany, CIS- 4546, non-type; 50, F. compsostoma Meyrick, drawn from Janse, 1949, Figs. 172 – 4, Figs. 161 – 6.