Frisilia dipsia 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 : 5

4. Frisilia dipsia Meyrick, 1910

J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 437; Clarke, 1965: 59; Wu and Park, 1999: 5. TL: Sri Lanka, Maskeliya. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The species is differentiated from the above three species by the larger size and the concave termen of the forewing. It can also be distinguished by the male genitalia with an elongate valva and a sword-shaped median lobe of the juxta. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult ( Fig. 5 , lectotype). Wingspan, 19.0–20.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 36, 36 a). See also Clarke (1965: Pl. 59, Figs. 1 a–1b).

Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 6. [19]06, gen. prep. no. BM-8662, and seven additional specimens are in the BMNH.

Distribution. 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 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.