taxonID	type	description	language	source
E3D3E547FFA255C28A4DD65FE4B78691.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dryadaula is a small-sized moth, with wingspans of no more than 20 mm. It can be recognised by the following characters: head (Figs 1 a- 4 a, 5) with erect piliform scales, transfrontal suture inverted V-shaped; antennae 0.7 x length of forewing, scape without pecten, flagellomeres with single annulus or two annuli of contrasting-coloured scales; labial palpus spatulate, bearing lateral bristles; forewing often brightly coloured, with venation (Fig. 6) complete, CuP weak; hind-wing with M 3 or CuA 1 absent; female with single frenulum bristle; segment VIII reduced and highly modified, usually asymmetrical in male; male genitalia (Figs 7 - 10) strongly asymmetrical, incorporating part of sternum VII and sternum VIII; aedeagus fused with right valva; gnathos absent; uncus lobes usually fused; female (Fig. 11) oviscapt reduced, posterior apophyses short, anterior apophyses rudimentary or absent, sternum VIII hardly developed.	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
E3D3E547FFA255C28A4DD65FE4B78691.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. The larvae of some species are detritivores or feed on lichens and fungi. The biology of Dryadaula was reviewed or summarised by Robinson and Nielsen (1993), Gaedike (2015) and Regier et al. (2015).	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
01ECDD309C3D512B892CB3EDA7737A1D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix flav -, meaning yellowish and the Latin word striatus, stripe, referring to the forewing with inwardly oblique ochreous yellow stripes between fold and dorsum.	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
6E709E135D645D76AD2E454A7140D977.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin prefix hirt -, from hirtus meaning hairy and the Latin word globosus, globular, referring to the vinculum equipped with a globular lobe bearing long hairs.	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
18A64CC635055425B06CDB43603C1F37.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin word Dryadaula securiformis, referring to the battle-axe-shaped left valva.	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
CC46BA4CD85A50E9A9BF07C1FA1A5205.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin Dryadaula auriformis, meaning ear-shaped, referring to the ear-shaped uncus lobes.	en	Yang, Lin-Lin, Li, Hou-Hun (2021): The genus Dryadaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea, Dryadaulidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species and a world checklist. ZooKeys 1074: 61-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1074.73067
