Frisilia crossophaea ( Meyrick, 1931 )

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 : 15

30. Frisilia crossophaea ( Meyrick, 1931)

Exot. Microlep. 4: 80 (Lecithocera); Clarke, 1965: 123; Gozmány, 1978: 130. TL: India, Sikkim. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The species was described based on a female, and no additional specimen has been found since it was described. Therefore, the male is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 31 , holotype). Wingspan, 13.0 mm.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 65 ). See also Clarke (1965: Pl. 61, Fig. 3 ), Gozmány (1978: pl.68, Fig. 75).

Material examined. 1Ψ (holotype), Kalimpong, Sikkim, [19]29. E. Meyrick det. In Meyrick Coll. Gu- 8755/Clarke and a paratype in the BMNH.

Distribution. India (Sikkim).

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 62 – 66. Female genitalia. 62, F. rostrata Meyrick, USNM- 88823, non-type; 63, F. cornualis sp. nov., paratype; 64, F. melanadris Meyrick, USNM- 90127, non-type; 65, F. crossophaea (Meyrick), GU- 8755 / BM, holotype; 66, F. h o m o c h l o r a Meyrick, BM- 8658, 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.