Frisilia nesciatella

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 : 3

The nesciatella species group

Key to the species of the nesciatella species group, based on the male genitalia

1 Median lobe of juxta fork-shaped apically ( Fig. 37 )....................................................................................2 - Median lobe of juxta not fork-shaped apically ( Fig. 46 )..............................................................................5 2 Valva with a digitate median process on ventral margin; cornuti of aedeagus nearly straight ( Fig. 38 )........

........................................................................................................................................... heliapta Meyrick - Valva without such median process on ventral margin; cornuti of aedeagus horn-shaped or bent ( Fig. 37 )

......................................................................................................................................................................3 3 Valva with round protrusion on ventral margin medially ( Fig. 37 ) ................................... forficatella Park - Valva without round protrusion on ventral margin medially ( Figs. 34 , 39 )................................................4 4 Longer cornutus shorter than 1/2 of aedeagus ( Fig. 34 ) ............................................................. asiana P a r k

- Longer cornutus longer than 1/2 of aedeagus ( Fig. 39 )........................................................... moriutii Park 5 Median lobe of juxta long, sword-shaped, sharply pointed apically ( Fig. 46 ) ........................................... 6 - Median lobe of juxta slender, bar-shaped or shorter than 1/2 of tegumen ( Fig. 45 )....................................7 6 Juxta with almost straight median lobe; cornutus as long as 3/4 of aedeagus ( Fig. 46 ) ... triturata Meyrick - Juxta with bent median lobe dorsally; cornutus as long as 1/4 of aedeagus ( Fig. 33 ) .......... ancylosana Wu 7 Median lobe of juxta slender, bar-shaped, exceeding [omit "the"] 1/2 length of tegumen ( Fig. 45 )..........8 - Median lobe of juxta short, not exceeding the base of tegumen ( Fig. 44 ).................................................12 8 Valva with a median process on ventral margin ( Fig. 46 ) .......................................................................... 9 - Valva without median process on ventral margin ( Figs. 35 , 43 ) ...............................................................11 9 Process on ventral margin of valva digitate; aedeagus with a pair of long bar-shaped cornuti ( Fig. 46 ) ......

................................................................................................................................. tricrosura Wu and Park - Process on ventral margin of valva triangular; aedeagus with a pair of short, spine-like cornuti ( Figs. 40,

41)..............................................................................................................................................................10 10 Process on ventral margin of valva close to the margin ( Fig. 41 ) ...................................... notifica Meyrick - Process on ventral margin of valva freely extended outwardly ( Fig. 40 ) .......................... nesiotes sp. nov. 11 Valva rounded apically; length of juxta + median lobe as long as 2/3 of valva; aedeagus with a pair of long

cornuti ( Fig. 35 ) .................................................................................................................... ceylonica Park - Valva more or less acute apically; length of juxta + median lobe as long as valva; aedeagus with conical

short cornuti ( Fig. 43 ) ........................................................................................................ rostrata Meyrick 12 Valva with two small protrusions on ventral margin; median lobe of juxta ankylosed with a broad plate

( Fig. 44 ) ............................................................................................................................. sejuncta Meyrick - Valva with a large protrusion or slightly protruded on ventral margin; median lobe of juxta not ankylosed with such plate ( Figs. 42 , 47 ).....................................................................................................................13 13 Ventral protrusion of valva broadly expanded; median lobe of juxta slender, slightly bent dorsally, with acute apex ( Fig. 42 ) ......................................................................................................... nesciatella Walker - Ventral protrusion of valva slightly protruded; median lobe of juxta clavate, almost straight, with clubbed apex ( Fig. 47 ) ........................................................................................................... trizeugma Wu and Park

Figures

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.

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 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.