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Frisilia procentra

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Species of moth

Frisilia procentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Frisilia
Species: F. procentra
Binomial name
Frisilia procentra
Meyrick, 1916

Frisilia procentra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous dot above the subdorsal groove at one-fifth. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous, the first moderate, the second cloudy, where a slightly curved, somewhat oblique fuscous shade runs to the dorsum. There is also a streak of fuscous suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2014). "Frisilia procentra Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 573. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Frisilia procentra


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