Frisilia notifica Meyrick, 1910

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 : 7

10. Frisilia notifica Meyrick, 1910

Journ. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 1910: 438; Clarke, 1965: 60. TL: Sri Lanka, Maskeliya [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The male genitalia are very similar to those of F. nesiotes sp. nov. but can be distinguished by the process on the ventral margin of the valva, which is shorter, running closely along the valva. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 11 , lectotype). Wingspan, 15.0–17.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 42, 42 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 30, Figs. 2 a–b).

Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, Pole, I [19]06, gen. prep. no. BM-8663, and 13 additional specimens are in the BMNH

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 39 – 44. Male genitalia. 39, F. moriutii Park, CIS- 5001, holotype; 40, F. nesciatella Walker, CIS- 5197, nontype; 41, F. n e s i o t e s sp. nov., USNM- 89062; 42, F. notifica Meyrick, BM- 8663, non-type; 43, F. ro s t r a t a Meyrick, BM- 8666, holotype; 44, F. s e j u n c t a Meyrick, BM- 8668, holotype.