Abstract
Three species of the genus Frisilia Walker, 1864 are described as new: Frisilia basistricta sp. nov., F. motuoensis sp. nov. and F. trisigna sp. nov.; F. sulcata is newly recorded in China. Images of adults and genitalia for all newly described species, a key to the Chinese species, a checklist of the worldwide Frisilia species and a distribution map showing the locality of the Chinese Frisilia species are given.
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