identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
A7178785B81FFFF3FF6CF8EFFB29F809.text	A7178785B81FFFF3FF6CF8EFFB29F809.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Unilepidotricha Xiao & Li 2008	<div><p>Genus  Unilepidotricha Xiao &amp; Li, 2008</p><p>Unilepidotricha Xiao &amp; Li, 2008: 31 . TS:  Unilepidotricha gracilicurva Xiao &amp; Li, 2008 . TL: China.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7178785B81FFFF3FF6CF8EFFB29F809	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lee, Dong-June;Roh, Seung Jin	Lee, Dong-June, Roh, Seung Jin (2025): A new species of the genus Unilepidotricha (Lepidoptera, Meessiidae) from Ulleungdo island, Korea. Zootaxa 5613 (3): 585-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.10
A7178785B81CFFF4FF6CFF00FE6BFEC1.text	A7178785B81CFFF4FF6CFF00FE6BFEC1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Unilepidotricha ulleungensis Lee & Roh 2025	<div><p>Unilepidotricha ulleungensis Lee &amp; Roh,  sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1, 2)</p><p>Type material.   Holotype. [KOREA] ♂, Taeha-ri, Seo-myeon, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.8221&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=37.50865" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.8221/lat 37.50865)">Ulleung-gun</a>, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 19.vii.2022, 37°30´31.14˝N; 130°49´19.58˝E, leg. D.J. Lee, J.W. Kim &amp; H. Lee, Genbank accession no. PQ650779, voucher no. ECHNIBR3026  .  Paratypes. 5♂, same locality as holotype; Genbank accession no. PQ650780-PQ650782, voucher no. ECHNIBR3027-3031 .</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is very similar to  Xeringinia altilis Meyrick, 1893, but can be distinguished by a trapezoidal patch on the third sternum. The male genitalia are very similar to  Unilepidotricha gracilicurva Xiao &amp; Li, but the basal part of uncus is fused together (separated each other in  U. gracilicurva).</p><p>Description. Adult (Fig. 1A–E). Wingspan 12.0–14.0 mm. Head with creamy-white, hair-like scales on vertex and frons. Antenna filiform; reached 4/5 of forewing; scape covered with creamy-white scales; each segment yellowish-white; Mouthpart reduced or absent; galae vestigial; maxillary palpi short, covered with yellowish-white scales; labial palpi three segmented, covered with creamy-white scales and dark brown scales laterally; Thorax creamy-white, with dark brown scales on tegula anteriorly. Forewing with all veins present and free; ground color creamy-white, with ocher to dark brown pattern of streaks and patches; two oblique streaks at basal and 1/3 from costa to dorsum; a V-shape streak at 1/2 from costa to dorsum; scattered patches apical half; dark brown scales on margin of tornus; approximately 2.7–2.8 times as long as width including fringe (about 3.7–3.8 times as long as width excluding fringe). Hindwing with all veins present and free; Sc+R 1 displaced anteriorly; M 1 and M 2 stem stalked; M stem branched in medial cell; with single bristled frenulum; ground color grayish-brown, without any pattern; approximately twice times as long as width including fringe (about 3.1–3.3 times as long as width excluding fringe). Male abdomen with setae that form a trapezoidal patch on the membrane between the third and fourth sternum.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 2A–C). Uncus with bifid, sclerotized, bristled socii. Gnathos U-shaped; a pair of gnathos arms sclerotized, pointed, and fused basally. Tegumen broad, somewhat longer than basal breadth. Vinculum narrow ring shaped, slightly articulated to tegumen. Saccus long narrower to apex, about 0.4 times as long as valva. Valva moderately elongated, sub-trapezoid, narrower to basally; costal margin nearly straight; ventral margins at 4/5 narrower to rounded apex; inner side of valva with numerous setae, except slightly sclerotized ventral margin. Aedeagus long cylindrical about 2.5 times as long as length of saccus.</p><p>Female genitalia. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality (Ulleungdo island) in Korea. Ulleungdo island is a volcanic island located in the East Sea and is about 130km away from the nearest land. It is an island that has never been connected to the mainland and has a unique ecosystem. The island is known to have 1,177 species of insects, including 4 species endemic to Korea (Lim et al. 2013).</p><p>Distribution. Korea (Ulleungdo island).</p><p>DNA barcodes. DNA barcode sequences were obtained from four specimens of  Unilepidotricha ulleungensis . The DNA barcode (COI) were compared to those of 46 specimens in 19 species, 40 sequence downloaded from NCBI. Genetic divergence of COI, using uncorrected p-distance amongst the  Meessiidae species, ranged from 6.3% to 32.7%, while intraspecific divergence ranged from 0% to 2.3% (Table 2). The molecular analyses (p-distance and NJ) revealed that  Homostinea curviliniella,  Hybroma servulella,  Isocorypha mediostriatella, and  Diachorisia velatella were closely related to  Unilepidotricha ulleungensis sp. nov. (Table 2, Fig 3), The maximum difference amongst populations with  Homostinea curviliniella was 0.2%,  Hybroma servulella 0.2%,  Isocorypha mediostriatella 0.3%, and  Diachorisia velatella 1.1% (Table 2). Genetic divergence between  Unilepidotricha ulleungensis sp. nov. and its molecularly related species  Homostinea curviliniella,  Hybroma servulella,  Isocorypha mediostriatella, and  Diachorisia velatella are 22.6%, 19.4%, 19.7%, and 20.1%, respectively and that strongly supported the separation of meessiid moths (Table 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7178785B81CFFF4FF6CFF00FE6BFEC1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Lee, Dong-June;Roh, Seung Jin	Lee, Dong-June, Roh, Seung Jin (2025): A new species of the genus Unilepidotricha (Lepidoptera, Meessiidae) from Ulleungdo island, Korea. Zootaxa 5613 (3): 585-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.3.10
