Frisilia trizeugma 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 : 8-9

15. Frisilia trizeugma Wu and Park, 1999

Korean Jour. Syst. Zool. 15(1): 3. TL: Sri Lanka, Kan, Teldeniya. [USNM].

Diagnosis. The species is superficially very similar to F. sejuncta Meyrick with the concave termen of the forewing, but it can be distinguished by the male genitalia: costal bar strongly angled at middle; distal part slender without process on ventral margin; median process of juxta short, club-shaped; and the aedeagus extremely stout with a pair of long cornuti.

Adult (Fig. 16, paratype in USNM).). Wingspan, 10.0–13.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 47, 47 a). See Wu and Park (1999: Figs. 5, 6 ).

Material examined. 4♂, Kandy, Udawattekelle, 25–26 X 1966 & 31 X 1966; 9♂, same locality, 12–6 XI 1966, gen. prep. no. CIS-5190 & 5194; 1♂ (holotype), Kan Dist., Teldeniya, 1,400 ft, 18–20 XI 1976, gen. prep. no. USNM-88828; 1 ♂ (paratype), Rat Dist., Uda Walawe 300 ft, 1 VIII 1973. All type specimens are in the USNM.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Figures

FIGURES 45 – 50. Male genitalia. 45, F. tricrosura Wu and Park, CIS- 5195, non-type; 46, F. triturata Meyrick, BM- 9127, holotype; 47, F. trizeugma Wu and Park, CIS- 5190, non-type; 48, F. anningensis Wu, IZAS-W 89178, holotype; 49, F. chinensis Gozmany, CIS- 4546, non-type; 50, F. compsostoma Meyrick, drawn from Janse, 1949, Figs. 172 – 4, Figs. 161 – 6.

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.