Doidae

Doidae
Doa raspa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Drepanoidea
Family:	Doidae Donahue & Brown, 1987
Genera
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Doidae is a small family of Lepidoptera with an exclusively New World distribution, with species occurring in Central America, the south-western United States, and northern South America.

Taxonomical placement

Doidae was elevated to family rank by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987. ^[1] They have a complex taxonomical history, and have previously been placed in Geometridae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Dioptidae among several other families. ^{[2] [3]} As a family, Doidae was formerly included in superfamily Noctuoidea, but was transferred to the Drepanoidea in 2011 by van Nieukerken et al. ^[1]

Genera and species

As of May 2024 ^[update] , the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists seven species in two genera for Doidae: ^[4]

• Genus Doa Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 - type genus ^[1]
  • Doa ampla (Grote, 1878) - South-western US, Mexico ^[5]
  • Doa cubana Schaus, 1906 - Cuba ^[6]
  • Doa dora Neumoegen & Dyar, 1894 - Mexico, ^[7] California ^[8]
  • Doa raspa Druce, 1894 - Mexico, ^[9] Belize ^[10]
  • Doa translucida Dognin, 1910 - Colombia ^[11]

• Genus Leuculodes Dyar, 1903
  • Leuculodes lacteolaria Hulst, 1896
  • Leuculodes lephassa Druce, 1897

References

1. McLeod, Robin (May 11, 2016). "Family Doidae". BugGuide. Iowa State University. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
2. Donahue, Julian P.; Brown, John W. (July 1987). "The Family Doidae" (PDF). Immature Insects, volume 1. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. pp. 534–536. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
3. Brown, John W. (1990). "The Early Stages of Doa dora Neumoegen and Dyar (Lepidoptera: Noctiioidea: Doidae) in Baja California, Mexico". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 28 (1–2): 26–36. doi: 10.5962/p.266667 . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
4. "Doidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
5. McLeod, Robin (September 26, 2013). "Species Doa ampla - Hodges#8041". BugGuide. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
6. Águila, Rayner Núñez (2004). "Lepidoptera (Insecta) De Topes De Collantes, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (in Spanish). 34: 158. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
7. Brown, John W. (2004). "Preliminary assessment of Lepidoptera diversity on the Peninsula of Baja California, Mexico, with a list of documented species" (PDF). Folia Entomológica Mexicana. 43 (1): 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
8. "Doa dora – 8041.1". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
9. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Doidae​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2024.
10. "A List of Some Moths of Central America by Armas Hill". focusonnature.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
11. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Doidae​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 29, 2024.