Frisilia chinensis Gozmány, 1978

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

17. Frisilia chinensis Gozmány, 1978

Microlep. Palaearct. 5: 129; Wu, 1997b: 170; Park, 1999: 363.TL: China, Szetschwan, Kwanhsien. [BMNH].

Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to F. crossophaea Meyrick , which is known in N. India, but it can be easily distinguished by the male genitalia with valva having an extremely slender, elongate distal portion which is much longer than the basal portion.

Adult ( Fig.18 , non-type in CIS). Wingspan, 12.5–13.5 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 49, 49 a). See also Park (2000: Figs. 18, 18 a).

Female genitalia. See also Gozmány (1978: Pl. 7, Fig. 74), Wu (1997b, Pl. 33, Fig. 8 ).

Material examined. 1♂, Kwansien, Sichuan Prov., China, F[rank]. 8 [19]30, E. Meyrick det. In Meyrick Coll. Gu-14043/Gozma’ny— in BMNH. 1♂, Taipei, Taiwan, 21 IV 1933; 1♂, Hsintien, Taipei, Taiwan, 3 V 1934; 1♂, Shanpin For. Stn. Kaohsiung Co., Taiwan, 16–23 III 1990 — in USNM. 1♂, Liukuei, Taiwan, 16– 23 III 90. gen. prep. no. CIS-4077; 2♂, Lien-Hua-Chi, 650 m, Nantou Co. Taiwan, 19–20 XI 1997, gen. prep. no. CIS-4546; 1♂, S hanpin For. Stn, 750 m, Kaohsiung Co., Taiwan, 5–6 VII 1996; 1♂, same locality, 16–23 III 1990; 2♂, Taroko Nat. Park, Hualien Co., Taiwan, 16–17 X 2000. All above specimens are in the CIS.

Distribution. China (Sichuan), Taiwan.

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 32. Adults. 17, F. anningensis Wu; 18, F. chinensis Gozmany; 19, F. compsostoma Meyrick; 20, F. c o r n u - alis sp. nov.; 21, F. homalistis Meyrick; 22, F. melanardis Meyrick; 23, F. neacantha Wu and Park; 24, F. procentra Meyrick; 25, F. senilis Meyrick; 26, F. spuriella Park; 27, F. strepsiptilia Meyrick; 28, F. sulcata Meyrick; 29, F. thapsina Wu and Park; 30, F. veriticosa Meyrick; 31, F. crossophaea (Meyrick); 32, F. homalistis Meyrick.

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 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.