Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De, 2019, A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 61-89 : 68

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932371

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scientific name

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

( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 )

Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921 View in CoL ; 87; Janse 1954: 363. TL: Zimbabwe. [TMSA].

Adult. ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). See Janse (1954, Pl. 157, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 - adult; Pl. 161, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 & 5 View FIGURE 5 - venation). Wingspan 18 mm.

Diagnosis. Male genitalia (see Janse (1954, Pl. 161, Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 - line drawing; Pl. 172, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 - photo). Characterized by having a slender, needle-like process at base of the valva ventrally and the aedeagus with a pair of strong spines: a larger one about half the length of the aedeagus and a smaller one much shorter than half the length of the longer one.

Material examined. Type no. 575, ♂ (holotype), [ Zimbabwe], Rhodesia, Salisbury [Harare], xii, leg. A.J.T. Janse, gen. slide no. 5262.

Distribution. DR Congo ( Ghesquière 1940), Zimbabwe ( Meyrick 1921).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lecithoceridae

Genus

Frisilia

Loc

Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De 2019
2019
Loc

Frisilia compsostoma

Meyrick 1921
1921
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