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Cicadidae Periostracum, the exuviae of Cryptotympana atrata (Fabricius, 1775), is well-known traditional medicine in Korea. The present study aims to describe in detail by using stereoscope and scanning electron microscope for discriminating authentic of Cicadidae Periostracum in the markets. Moreover, we present here the morphological differences in the sexual morph of exuviae in Cryptotympana atrata. Our results showed that significant exuvium size differences were not found between the sexual morphs. In addition, there were no differences in morphological and micromorphological characteristics between females and males except the presence of gonapophysis in female only. By the results, a full description, including synonym of Cryptotympana atrata as a Cicadidae Periostracum is provided. The results are present useful characteristics for exuviae identification and authentication of morphologically related species and sexual dimorphic study of Cicadidae in the future.