''Frisilia nesiotes'' 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 Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2008. 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 14–15 mm. The forewings are greyish orange, with dark-brown scales irregularly scattered on the upper surface. The discal spot is small at the middle and the reniform stigma is found below the cell, connected to the inner margin by a brownish fascia. There are dark-brown scales along the costa at the basal one-fourth. There are also dark-brown scales along margin of the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek ''nesiote'' (meaning islander)., 2008: A taxonomic review of the genus ''Frisilia'' Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with description of two new species. ''Zootaxa'' 1696: 1-24

References

Moths described in 2008 Frisilia {{Lecithocerinae-stub