Doidae | |
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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 family of Lepidoptera first described by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987. [1] Species in Doidae had previously been placed in the Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and the Dioptidae.
The family includes about six species, which are found in the south-western United States, Mexico and neighbouring areas.
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
Dodia is a genus of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1901. The moths are found in subarctic tundra and taiga ecosystems. They belong to the subtribe Callimorphina of tribe Arctiini.
Mannina is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1916. Both species can be found in Mexico.
Metacrisiodes is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its only species, Metacrisiodes pua, is found in Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1916.
Petrophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was described by Lansdown Guilding in 1830.
Bagisara is a genus of moths of the monotypic subfamily Bagisarinae of the family Noctuidae. It is found mainly in North America and the Amazon rainforest.
Ianius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Richards in 1939. Its only species, Ianius mosca, was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in Mexico and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.
Doa is a genus of moths of the Doidae family.
Doa ampla is a moth of the family Doidae. It is found from western Texas and Colorado to Arizona, south into Mexico.
Doa cubana is a moth of the Doidae family. It is found on Cuba.
Doa dora is a moth of the Doidae family. It is found in Mexico, including Baja California and Guadalajara.
Doa raspa is a moth of the Doidae family. It is found in Central America, including Belize.
Leuculodes is a genus of moths of the family Doidae.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which included digging tunnels under his home. He had a complicated personal life and along with his second wife he adopted the Baháʼí Faith.
Mapeta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae.
Apatelodes pudefacta, the pudefacted apatelodes moth, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in the US state of Arizona and Mexico.
Doa translucida is a moth in the Doidae family. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1910. It is found in Colombia.
Agathymus aryxna, the Arizona giant skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1905. Its range includes Central and North America.
Heterocampinae is a subfamily of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are at least 60 described species of Heterocampinae in North America.
Psaphidini is a tribe of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are at least 40 genera and at least 90 described species in Psaphidini.