''Dryadaula'' are a

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s belonging to the

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. It was described by

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in 1893, and it belongs to the subfamily or family Dryadaulidae, according to most recent taxonomies.

Species

*'' Dryadaula acrodisca'' (

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, 1917) *'' Dryadaula advena'' ( Zimmerman, 1978) *'' Dryadaula amentata'' (Meyrick, 1919) *'' Dryadaula anthracorma'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Dryadaula auriformis'' Yang & Li, 2021 *'' Dryadaula boviceps'' (

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, 1914) *'' Dryadaula bronctotypa'' (Meyrick, 1880) *'' Dryadaula castanea'' Philpott, 1915 *'' Dryadaula catorthota'' (Meyrick, 1917) *'' Dryadaula caucasica'' ( Zagulajev, 1970) *'' Dryadaula discatella'' (

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, 1864) *'' Dryadaula epischista'' (Meyrick, 1936) *'' Dryadaula epixantha'' (

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, 1923) *'' Dryadaula flavostriata'' Yang & Li, 2021 *'' Dryadaula germana'' (Walsingham, 1914) *'' Dryadaula glycinocoma'' (Meyrick, 1932) *'' Dryadaula glycinopa'' Meyrick, 1893 *'' Dryadaula heindeli'' Gaedike & Scholz, 1998 *'' Dryadaula hellenica'' (Gaedike, 1988) *'' Dryadaula hirtiglobosa'' Yang & Li, 2021 *'' Dryadaula irinae'' (Savenkov, 1989) *'' Dryadaula isodisca'' (Meyrick, 1917) * '' Dryadaula koreana'' Roh & Byun, 2020 *'' Dryadaula marmoreipennis'' (Walsingham, 1897) *'' Dryadaula melanorma'' (Meyrick, 1893) *'' Dryadaula mesosticha'' (Turner, 1923) *'' Dryadaula metrodoxa'' (Meyrick, 1919) *'' Dryadaula minuta'' Gaedike, 2007 *'' Dryadaula multifurcata'' Gaedike, 2000 *'' Dryadaula murenula'' (Meyrick, 1924) *'' Dryadaula myrrhina'' Meyrick, 1905 *'' Dryadaula napaea'' Meyrick, 1905 *'' Dryadaula nedae'' (Gaedike, 1983) *'' Dryadaula pactolia'' Meyrick, 1901 *'' Dryadaula panscia'' (Meyrick, 1917) *'' Dryadaula placens'' (Meyrick, 1920) *'' Dryadaula poecilta'' (Walsingham, 1914) *'' Dryadaula rhombifera'' (Meyrick, 1917) *'' Dryadaula securiformis'' Yang & Li, 2021 *'' Dryadaula selenophanes'' (Meyrick, 1880) *'' Dryadaula sublimis'' (Meyrick, 1917) *'' Dryadaula terpsichorella'' ( Busck, 1910) *'' Dryadaula trapezoides'' (Meyrick, 1935) *'' Dryadaula tripudians'' (Meyrick, 1924) *'' Dryadaula ussurica'' Gaedike, 2000 *'' Dryadaula visaliella'' ( V.T. Chambers, 1873) *'' Dryadaula zinica'' (Zagulajev, 1970) *'' Dryadaula zygodes'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Dryadaula zygoterma'' (Meyrick, 1917)

References

Dryadaulinae Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Tineidae-stub