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Frisilia senilis Meyrick 1910
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Description
24. Frisilia senilis Meyrick, 1910
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 436; Clarke 1965: 63. TL: S. India, N. Coorg. [BMNH].
Diagnosis. The male genitalia are very close to those of the following species F. supriella Park, but can be separated by the shorter cucullus and the saccus with round base. The female is as yet unknown.
Adult (Fig. 25, lectotype). Wingspan, 12.0–13.5 mm.
Male genitalia (Figs. 56, 56 a). See Clarke (1965: Pl. 31, Figs. 2 a–b).
Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype), Dibidi, N. Coorg. Newcome, X 8 [19]06, gen. prep. no. BM-8661, and five additional specimens in BMNH.
Distribution. India (South).
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 13, 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
- senilis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Frisilia senilis Meyrick, 1910 sec. Park, Wu, Kun & Sohn, 2008
References
- Meyrick, E. (1910 a) Description of Malayan Microlepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1910, 275.
- Clarke, J. F. G. (1965) Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. 5. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 581 pp.