Frisilia forficatella Park, 2005

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 : 5

5. Frisilia forficatella Park, 2005

Tinea 18: 56. TL: Thailand, Loei. [OPU, Japan].

Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to F. a s i a n a Park, but the forewing is slightly broader with strongly oblique termen and a larger discal dot. The male genitalia are also differentiated from the latter by having a round protrusion on the ventral margin of the valva medially. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 6 , holotype). Wingspan, 14.5–15.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 37, 37 a). See also Park (2005: Figs. 7, 7 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (holotype), Loei, Phu Run, 800 m, 15–19 VIII 1987, gen. prep. no. CIS-4988; 1♂ (paratype), Chiang Mai, Doi Pui 325 m, 15–30 X 1964. The holotype is in the OPU and the paratype in the CIS.

Distribution. Thailand.

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are very similar to those of F. tricosura Wu and Park, but the median lobe of the juxta in F. heliapta is forked apically, whereas that of F. tricosura is shorter, bar-shaped, and not forked apically.

Adult ( Fig. 7 , type). Wingspan, 12.0–14.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 38, 38 a). See also Clarke (1965: Pl. 88, Figs. 1 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (type), Kandy, Sri Lanka, in Dec., gen. prep. no. BM-8669 and 13 additional specimens are in the BMNH. 1♂, Masakeliya Pole, Sri Lanka, 3 VI; 1♂, same locality, 12 V. gen. prep. no. USNM-89227, in USNM.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

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 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.