Frisilia notifica

Frisilia notifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Frisilia
Species: F. notifica
Binomial name
Frisilia notifica
Meyrick, 1910

Frisilia notifica is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 15-17 mm. The forewings of the males are ochreous-brownish, sprinkled with dark fuscous and suffused with deep yellow ochreous along the subdorsal groove, which is straight. The forewings of the females are brown, irrorated with dark fuscous and with the costa suffused with dark fuscous towards the base. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous and rather cloudy, the first forming a moderate large dot, the second a transverse oblong slightly oblique mark, The termen is more or less suffused with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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