Frisilia rostrata

Frisilia rostrata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Frisilia rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Frisilia
Species:
F. rostrata
Binomial name
Frisilia rostrata
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Macrernis rostrata Meyrick, 1906

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales and a dark fuscous mark along the base of the costa. There is a dark fuscous streak of somewhat raised scales along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, enclosing a groove along vein 1b, with a flap of hairscales curved over it from above towards the base, the upper edge of the streak with two strong projections at one-third and three-fifths, the first triangular, reaching halfway across the wing, the second fascia like, parallel to the termen, reaching above the middle of the wing. There is also a suffused dark fuscous streak along the termen. The hindwings are whitish ochreous grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Frisilia rostrata (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 147.


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