Frisilia ancylosana Wu and Park, 1999

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

1. Frisilia ancylosana Wu and Park, 1999

Korean Jour. Syst. Zool. 15(1): 5. TL: Sri Lanka, Kan. Dist., Peradeniya. [USNM].

Diagnosis. The species can be distinguished from the related species of the genus by the dark fuscous antenna. The male genitalia also have good separable characteristics with extremely long, lanceolate, sword-shaped median lobe of the juxta. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 2 , non-type in USNM). Wingspan, 10.0–12.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 33, 33 a). See Wu and Park (1999: Figs. 7, 8 ).

Material examined. 1♂ (holotype), Kan Dist. Peradeniya, Upper Hantane Hill 2,300 ft, 12–16 I 1970, gen. prep. no. USNM-88982; 2♂ (paratypes), Udawattakele 2,100 ft, 5 X 1976, gen. prep. no. USNM-88961; 5♂, Kandy, Udawattekelle, 25–26 X 1966 & 31 X 1966; 8♂, same locality, 10, 13 & 16 XI 1966, gen. prep. no. CIS-5189 and CIS-5196; 1♂, Kegalla Dist., Kitulgala, 9 IX 1980, gen. prep. no. USNM-5408. All 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.