Frisilia nesciatella Walker, 1864

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180724
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235042
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scientific name	Frisilia nesciatella Walker, 1864
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8. Frisilia nesciatella Walker, 1864 View in CoL

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 View FIGURES 2 – 15 , holotype). Wingspan, 10.0–11.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 40, 40 View FIGURES 39 – 44 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.