Frisilia Ancylosana
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''Frisilia ancylosana'' is a moth in the family
Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...
. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are ochreous white with a discocellular spot. The hindwings are light grey.


Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek ''ancyclos'' (meaning hooked).''Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology'' 15
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References

Moths described in 1999 Frisilia {{Lecithocerinae-stub