Stathmopodidae, in the superfamily Gelechioidea, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. This family has various characteristics, such as feeding on crops, moss, spores of fern, aphids, etc., but there is a lot of difficulty in identification due to morphological similarities between species. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the genitalia structure through dissection, but this process necessarily involves damage to the type specimen. To solve these problems, Micro-CT(Computed Tomography) which allows observation of internal structures without damage, was utilized to create a 3D model of the genitalia. In this study, the genitalia structure of Stathmopoda pedella (Linnaeus, 1761), the type species of Stathmopodidae, was imaged using Micro-CT under a resolution of 4 um conditions, providing a 3D description.

• Sora Kim(Departmen of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Lab. of Insect Phylogenetics & Evolution, Department of Plant Protection & Quarantine, Jeonbuk National University)
• In-Won Jeong(Departmen of Agricultural Convergence Technology, Jeonbuk National University, Lab. of Insect Phylogenetics & Evolution, Department of Plant Protection & Quarantine, Jeonbuk National University)