Frisilia thapsina Wu and Park 1999
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28. Frisilia thapsina Wu and Park, 1999
Korean Jour. Syst. Zool. 15(1): 1. TL: Sri Lanka, Kal. Dist. Agalawatta. [USNM].
Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to F. neacantha Wu and Park, but can be distinguished by the male genitalia: valva roundly expanded terminally, juxta not sharply pointed at laterocaudal apices, and aedeagus with weakly sclerotized, quadrate plate, not very narrowed apically.
Adult (Fig. 29, paratype in USNM). Wingspan,10.0–12.0 mm.
Male genitalia (Figs. 60, 60 a). See Wu and Park (1999: Figs. 1, 2).
Female genitalia. See Wu and Park (1999: Fig. 11).
Material examined. 18♂, 7Ψ, Kandy, Udawattekelle, 25–26 X 1966 & 31 X 1966, gen. prep. no. CIS-5198 (♂); 9♂, 3Ψ, same locality, 3–5 XI 1966, 10 XI 1966, & 15–16 XI 1966, gen. prep. no. CIS-5192(♂) & 5193(♂); 1♂ (holotype), Kal Dist., Agalawatta, 13–14 X 1976, gen. prep. no. USNM-88825; 4♂, 2Ψ (paratypes), same data as the holotype; 1Ψ (paratype), Gal Dist., Kanneliya Jungle, 11–16 I 1975. All types are in the USNM.
Distribution. Sri Lanka.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Wu and Park
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lecithoceridae
- Genus
- Frisilia
- Species
- thapsina
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Frisilia thapsina and, 1999 sec. Park, Wu, Kun & Sohn, 2008
References
- Wu, C. & KT Park (1999). A taxonomic review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) in Sri Lanka III. The subfamily Lecithocerinae: Genus Frisilia. The Korean journal of Systematic Zoology, 15 (1), 1 - 9.