Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921

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 : 10

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180724

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235064

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scientific name

Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921
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18. Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921 View in CoL

Ann. Transv. Mus. 8: 87; Janse, 1949: 363. TL: S. Africa, Salisbury. [?].

Diagnosis. The forewing is uniformly covered with light orange scales. Adult ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 32 , non-type in BMNH). Wingspan, 18.0 mm. Male genitalia ( Figs. 50, 50 View FIGURES 45 – 50 a, modified from Janse, 1949). See Janse (1949, Pl. 172, Fig. 4 View FIGURES 2 – 15 and Pl. 161,

Fig. 6 View FIGURES 2 – 15 ).

Material examined. A specimen is in the BMNH without label data. Distribution. S. Africa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lecithoceridae

Genus

Frisilia

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