Frisilia ceylonica Park, 2001

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 : 4

3. Frisilia ceylonica Park, 2001

Ins. Koreana 18: 144. TL: Anu, Sri Lanka [USNM].

Diagnosis. Superficially similar to F. a s i a n a, but it differs from the latter by the somewhat round termen. The male genitalia differ from those of F. asiana by the median lobe of the juxta, which is slender and bar-shaped, not forked, and with long cornuti of the aedeagus.

Adult ( Fig. 4 , holotype). Wingspan, 12.5–13.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 35, 35 a). See also Park and Wu (2001: Fig. 12 ).

Material examined. 1♂ (holotype), Anu. Dist., Wildlife Soc. Bungalo, Hunuwilagama 200 ft, Wilpattu, 10–19 III 1970, gen. prep. no. USNM-87833; 1♂ (paratype), Mon. Dist., Sella Kataragma, Menik Ganga, 150 ft, 24 X 1970; 1♂ (paratype), Ham. Dist., Palatupana, 10 ft, 22–25 X 1970; 1♂ (paratype), Ham. Dist., Hambantota, 28 X 1970. All type specimens are in the USNM.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Figures

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 33 – 38. Male genitalia. 33, Frisilia ancylosana Wu and Park, CIS- 5196, non-type; 34, F. asiana Park, CIS- 5013, holotype; 35, F. ceylonica Park and Wu, USNM- 87833, holotype; 36, F. dipsia Meyrick, BM- 8662, holotype; 37, F. forficatella Park, CIS- 4998, holotype; 38, F. heliapta (Meyrick), BM- 8669, holotype.