Frisilia sejuncta Meyrick, 1929

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 : 7-8

12. Frisilia sejuncta Meyrick, 1929

Exot. Microlep. 3: 517; Clarke, 1965: 63. TL: Bombay, Dharwar, Poona. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to F. spuriella Park , but it is smaller. The male genitalia are differentiated from the latter by the long median lobe of the juxta. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 13 , non-type in USNM).). Wingspan, 12.0–13.0 mm. Male genitalia ( Figs. 44, 44 a). See also Clarke (1965: Pl. 31, Figs. 1 a–b). Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Poona, Bombay RM, India, 7 XI 1921, gen. prep. no. BM-8668, and

13 additional specimens in the BMNH. 2♂, Kan Dist., Udawattakele 1,800 ft, Sri Lanka, 5–19 XI 1976, 10–23

I. 1970, in USNM.

Distribution. India, 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 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.