Frisilia Triturata
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''Frisilia triturata'' 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 Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (
Katanga Province Katanga was one of the four large provinces created in the Belgian Congo in 1914. It was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika Province, Tanganyika, Hau ...
) and Malawi. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous densely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous except at the base. The edges of the subdorsal groove are ochreous. The hindwings are rather dark grey.Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (9): 277.


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Moths described in 1914 Frisilia {{Lecithocerinae-stub