Donald Ray Davis

Donald Ray Davis (1934–2024), American entomologist (Lepidoptera).

• Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 155 taxon names authored by Donald Ray Davis

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1967

• Davis, D.R. 1967. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Prodoxinae (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). United States Natural History Museum, Bulletin 255: 1–170. BHL Reference page. 

1972

• Davis, D.R. 1972. Careospina quercivora, a new genus and species of moth infesting live oaks in California (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 121–128. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. 1972a. Vespina, a new name to replace the generic homonym Careospina Davis (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 472. Reference page. 

1975

• Davis, D.R., 1975a: A review of the West Indian moths of the family Psychidae with description of a new Taxa and immature stages. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 188: 1–66. Full article: [1]

1978

• Davis, D.R. 1978. New leaf-mining moths of the family Nepticulidae from Florida. The Florida Entomologist 61(4): 209–224. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. 1978a. A Revision of the North American Moths of the Superfamily Eriocranioidea with the Proposal of a New Family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 251: 001-131. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.251. . Reference page. 

1979

• Davis, D.R. 1979. Scientific Notes: Manoneura, A New Name to Replace the Generic Homonym Oligoneura Davis (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). The Florida Entomologist 62(3): 276. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1984

• Davis, D.R. 1984. A new Acanthopteroctetes from the northwestern United States (Acanthopteroctetidae). Journal of the lepidopterists' society 38(2): 47–50. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. 1984a. Nepticulidae. In Heppner, J. B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklis. part 1. Micropterigoidea-Immoidea. 1-112. Reference page. 

1986

• Davis, D.R. 1986. A new family of monotrysian moths from austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a phylogenetic review of the Monotrysia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 434: 1–202. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.434 Reference page. 

1989

• Davis, D.R. 1989. Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalogue of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 478: 1-97. Reference page. 

1990

• Davis, D.R., 1990: Neotropical microlepidoptera. XXIII: First report of the family eriocottidae from the new world, with descriptions of new taxa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 92 (1): 1–35.

1992

• Davis, D.R., Pellmyr, O. & Thompson, J.N. 1992. Biology and Systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, new genus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 524: 1–88. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.524 Reference page. 

1994

• Davis, D.R. 1994: Neotropical Microlepidoptera XXV. New Leaf-Mining Moths from Chile, with Remarks on the Life History and Composition of Phyllocnistinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(1): 65-75. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1996

• Davis, D.R. 1996. Neotropical tineidae, VI: Prosetomorpha falcata, a new genus and species of setomorphinae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from Colombia associated with curculionid galleries in stems of Solanum. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98(2): 173–187. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. 1996a. A revision of the southern African family Prototheoridae (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea). Entomologica scandinavica 27: 393–439. Reference page. 

2001

• Davis, D.R. 2001. A new species of Prototheora from Malawi, with additional notes on the distribution and morphology of the genus (Lepidoptera: Prototheoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(2): 452–456. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. & Deschka, G. 2001. Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 614: 1–89. Reference page. 
• Guillén, M., Davis, D.R. & Heraty, J.M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new, polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(3): 636–654. Reference page. 

2007

• Davis, D.R. & Stonis, J.R. 2007. A revision of the new world plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera:Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 625: 1–212. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.625. . Reference page. .

2009

• Davis, S.R. & Davis, D.R., 2009: First report of the old world genus Pelecystola in North America, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera,Tineidae). Zookeys, 25: 69–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.25.197. Reference page. 
• Heppner, J.B. & Davis, D.R. 2009. Guatemala Moth Notes, 2. A new Neopostega from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Opostegidae). Lepidoptera Novae 2(1): 31–34. Reference page. 
• Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K. & Davis, D.R., 2009: Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae). Zookeys 27: 7–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.250. Reference page. 
• Medeiros, M.J., Davis, D.R., Howarth, F.G. & Gillespie, R.G. 2009: Evolution of cave living in Hawaiian Schrankia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a remarkable new cave species. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 156(1): 114–139. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00477.x Reference page. 

2011

• Davis, D.R., McKay, F., Oleiro, M., Vitorino, M.D. & Wheeler, G.S. 2011a. Biology and Systematics of the Leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolius raddi, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Four New Species). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65(2): 61-93. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v65i2.a1. Reference page. 
• Kawahara, A.Y., Ohshima, I., Kawakita, A.W., Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Cummings, M.P., Davis, D.R., Wagner, D.L., de Prins, J. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2011. Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 182. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-182 Reference page. 
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Davis, D.R. & Landry, J.F. 2012. A review of the North American genus Epimartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) with a discussion of the larval plastron. ZooKeys 183: 37–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.183.2556 . Reference page. 
• Moreira, G.R.P., Gonçalves, G.L., Eltz, R.P., San Blas, G. & Davis, D.R. 2012. Revalidation of Oliera Brèthes (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) based on a redescription of O. argentinana and DNA analysis of Neotropical cecidosids. Zootaxa 3557: 1–19. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Sohn, J.-C., Labandeira, C., Davis, D. & Mitter, C. 2012. An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world. Zootaxa 3286(1): 1–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3286.1.1 . hdl: 10088/18587 . ISBN 978-1-86977-887-3 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-86977-888-0 (online edition). Reference page. 

2013

• Davis, D.R., Diaz, R. & Overholt, W.A. 2013. Systematics and Biology of Cremastobombycia chromolaenae, New Species (Gracillariidae), a Natural Enemy of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and H. Robinson (Asteraceae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 67(1): 35–41. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v67i1.a4. . Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. & Mendel, H. 2013. The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). ZooKeys 341: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.341.6146 Reference page. 
• Sohn, J.C., Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Davis, D., Landry, J.F., Zwick, A. & Cummings, M.P. 2013. A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use. PLoS ONE 8(1): e55066. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055066 Reference page. 
• Zhang, W., Shih, C., Labandeira, C.C., Sohn, J.-C., Davis, D.R., Santiago-Blay, J.A., Flint, O., Ren, D. 2013. New fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79500. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079500 Reference page. 

2014

• Regier, J.C., Mitter, C., Davis, D.R., Harrison, T.L., Sohn, J.-C., Cummings, M.P., Zwick, A. & Mitter, K.T. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and revised classification for the oldest ditrysian moth lineages (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea), with implications for ancestral feeding habits of the mega-diverse Ditrysia. Systematic Entomology 40(2): 409–432. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12110 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Davis, D.R. 2014. Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 3887(3): 321–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.3 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Rociené, A., Sruoga, V., Davis, D.R. 2014. New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East. Zootaxa 3884(2): 141–155. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.3 Reference page. 

2015

• Sohn, J.C., Davis, D.R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2015. Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the familyTineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea). Zookeys 494: 69–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8748 Reference page. 

2016

• Davis, D.R. & Graves, G.R. 2016. A New Leafmining Moth (Cameraria cotinivora, Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of the American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118(2): 244–253. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.118.2.244. Reference page. 
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Doorenweerd, C., Hoare, R.J.B. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). ZooKeys 628: 65-246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799. Reference page. 
• Núñez Aguila, R. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Antillopsyche sessilis, new genus and species, a new Psychidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from Cuba with an unusual larval feeding behavior. Zootaxa 4066(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.3. Reference page. 
• Núñez Aguila, R. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Antillonatus, a new replacement name for the generic homonym Antillopsyche Núñez & Davis, 2016 (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea: Psychidae). Zootaxa 4079(5): 595–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.6.Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Davis, D.R., Solis, M.A. & Torres, N.C. 2016a. The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America. Zootaxa 4136(1): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4. Reference page. 

2017

• Davis, D.R. & Davis, M.M. 2017. First report of the genus Telamoptilia from the Western Hemisphere with descriptions of two new species (Gracillariidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 71(4): 261-273. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.71i4.a8 Reference page. 
• Eiseman, C.S.; Davis, D.R. 2017. A new species of Macrosaccus (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) from Arizona, USA. Zootaxa 4358(2): 385–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.11 Reference page. 
• Eiseman, C.S., Davis, D.R., Blyth, J.A., Wagner, D.L., Palmer, M.W. & Feldman, T.S. 2017. A new species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Marmarinae), with an Annotated List of Known Hostplants for the Genus. Zootaxa 4337(2): 198–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.2. Reference page. 
• Kawahara, A.Y., Plotkin, D., Ohshima, I., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Houlihan, P.R., Breinholt, J.W., Kawakita, A., Xiao, L., Regier, J.C., Davis, D.R., Kumata, T., Sohn, J.C., de Prins, J. & Mitter, C. 2017. A molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level classification for the leaf-mining moth family Gracillariidae and its implications for larval host-use evolution. Systematic Entomology 42, 60–81. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12210 Reference page. 

2018

• Landry, B. & Davis, D.R. 2018. Two new species of Prototheora Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania representing the northernmost records for the genus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 125(1): 129-135. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Metz, M.A., Davis, D.R. & Davis, M.M. 2018. Anchimacheta suppletella (Zeller, 1877), N. Comb., (Lepidoptera: Urodoidea: Urodidae): Transferred from Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 (Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), with Redescription and Diagnosis. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(2): 245-250. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.153 Reference page. 
• Silva, G.T., Moreira, G.R.P., Vargas, H.A., Gonçalves, G.L., Mainardi, M.D., San Blas, G. & Davis, D. 2018. Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidium parrai gen. et sp. n. and Oliera saizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae). ZooKeys 795: 127–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.27070 Reference page. 

2019

• Davis, D.R. 2019. Anarsioses, a new generic name for Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Zootaxa 4701(6): 574–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.6.6 . Reference page. 
• De Prins, J., Arévalo-Maldonado, H.A., Davis, D.R., Landry, B., Vargas, H.A., Davis, M.M., Brito, R., Fochezato, J., Ohshima, I. & Moreira, G.P. 2019. An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types. Zootaxa 4575(1): 1–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4575.1.1 Reference page. 

2020

• Cerdeña, J.A., Farfán, J., Davis, D.R., Vargas, H.A., Huanca-Mamani, W., Brito, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Lazo-Rivera, A. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2020. Phyllocnistis furcata sp. nov.: a new species of leaf-miner associated with Baccharis (Asteraceae) from Southern Peru (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). ZooKeys 996: 121–145. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.996.53958. . Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R. & Davis, M.M. 2020. New Species and Records of Moths from African Caves (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(3): 577-594. Reference page. 
• Davis, D.R., Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J.A., Huanca-Mamani, W., Vargas, H.A., Vargas-Ortiz, M., Gonçalves, G.L. & Moreira, G.R.P. 2020. Adenogasteria leguminivora Davis & Vargas gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a new seed-feeding micromoth associated with Fabaceae in Peru and Chile. Austral Entomology 59, 37–51. Reference page. 
• Eiseman, C.S. & Davis, D.R. 2020. Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera. Zootaxa 4751: 2–201. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2024

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Davis, D.R., Swain, S.V. & Epstein, M.E. 2024. A new North American species of Etainia (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), feeding on Arbutus and Arctostaphylos species (Ericaceae). ZooKeys 1193: 195–218. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.116982 Reference page.