Frisilia crossophaea

Frisilia crossophaea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Sikkim, India.[2][3] Only holotype, a female, is known.[2]

Frisilia crossophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Frisilia
Species:
F. crossophaea
Binomial name
Frisilia crossophaea
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera crossophaea Meyrick, 1931[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, tinged yellowish posteriorly, thinly speckled fuscous. The discal stigmata are black, beneath the second an erect spot of grey suffusion from the dorsum not reaching it. The apical and terminal edge are dark fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[1]

References
  1. Meyrick, Meyrick (1931). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Volume 4. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 80.
  2. Park, Kyu-Tek; Wu, Chunseng; Kun, Andras & Sohn, Jae-Cheon (2008). "A taxonomic review of the genus Frisilia Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 1696 (1): 1–24. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1696.1.1.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Frisilia Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 23 January 2021.


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