Frisilia crossophaea

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

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

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References

  1. Meyrick, Meyrick (1931). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. 4. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 80.
  2. 1 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.