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Frisilia spuriella Park 2005

Description

25. Frisilia spuriella Park, 2005

Tinea 18: 60.TL: Thailand, Chiang Mai. [OPU, Japan].

Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to F. sejuncta with the termen concaved, but can be distinguished by the male genitalia; lacking the long median lobe of the juxta. The male genitalia is very closed to those of F. s e n i l i s Meyrick, but it cab be distinguished, as noted in the preceding species. The female is as yet unknown.

Adult (Fig. 26, holotype in OPU). Wingspan, 13.0–13.5 mm.

Male genitalia (Figs. 57, 57 a). See also Park (2005: Figs. 10, 10 a).

Material examined. 1♂ (holotype), Chiang Mai, Doi Pui 1300 m, 30 V 1983, gen. prep. no. CIS-4999; 1♂ (paratype), Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao, 1130 m, 18 X 1984; 1Ψ (paratype), Loei, Phu Luang Wildlife Sanc., 10–12 X 1984, gen. prep. no. CIS-5004. The holotype and a paratype is in the OPU and a male paratype is in the CIS.

Distribution. Thailand.

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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Park
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lecithoceridae
Genus
Frisilia
Species
spuriella
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Frisilia spuriella Park, 2005 sec. Park, Wu, Kun & Sohn, 2008

References

  • Park, K. - T. (2005) Four New Species of the Genus Frisilia Walker from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Tinea, 18 (suppl.), 71 - 78.