Frisilia verticosa

Description

Frisilia verticosa is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is 23–24 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous, sometimes partially tinged with brownish, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous and with the base of the wing in males more or less suffused with dark-fuscous. The first discal stigma is blackish. In males, there is a patch of dark-fuscous suffusion along the median third of the dorsum, anteriorly with an oblique extension across the fold towards the base of the costa, posteriorly emitting a suffused dark-fuscous streak across the wing towards the costa at four-fifths, more or less obsolescent towards the costa, the second discal stigma sometimes apparent as a darker mark on the anterior edge of this. In females, these markings are hardly traceable, but the second discal stigma is distinct. There is a more or less developed streak of fuscous suffusion along the termen, which is faint in females. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, faintly fuscous-tinged towards the apex and on the termen. There is a grey discal dot on the end of the cell.