Frisilia heliapta
| Frisilia heliapta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Frisilia |
| Species: | F. heliapta |
| Binomial name | |
| Frisilia heliapta (Meyrick, 1887) | |
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Frisilia heliapta is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are reddish-ochreous, with scattered black scales, especially towards the costa and inner margin. The base of the costa is dark fuscous and there is a black dot in the disc at one-third, and a second at two-thirds, as well as a blackish apical dot. The hindwings are pale grey, posteriorly paler and tinged with whitish-ochreous.[2]
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