Frisilia procentra Meyrick, 1916

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

23. Frisilia procentra Meyrick, 1916

Exot Microl. 1: 573; Clarke, 1965: 60. TL: S. India, Palnis. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are very similar to those of F. strepsiptilia Meyrick, and can be distinguished from the latter by the slender lateral lobe of the juxta and the less stout aedeagus. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 24 , type). Wingspan, 17.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 55, 55 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 30, Figs. 3 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (type), Palnis, S. India TBF. 6,000 ft, 5. 12, gen. prep. no., BM-8667 and two additional types are in the BMNH. No additional specimen has been found since it was described.

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.