Frisilia rostrata

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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 rostrataMeyrick, 1906

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

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]

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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. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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