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Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick 1921
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Description
18. Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921
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, non-type in BMNH). Wingspan, 18.0 mm. Male genitalia (Figs. 50, 50 a, modified from Janse, 1949). See Janse (1949, Pl. 172, Fig. 4 and Pl. 161,
Fig. 6).
Material examined. A specimen is in the BMNH without label data. Distribution. S. Africa.
Notes
Published as part of 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, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1696 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180724
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Meyrick
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lecithoceridae
- Genus
- Frisilia
- Species
- compsostoma
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Frisilia compsostoma Meyrick, 1921 sec. Park, Wu, Kun & Sohn, 2008
References
- Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 8 (2), 49 - 128.
- Janse, A. J. T. (1949) Gelechiidae. In: Janse, A. J. T. (Ed.), The moths of South Africa. Vol. VI, Part 1. Cape Times Limitted, Johannesburg, 363 pp.