Donacaula

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Donacaula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Schoenobiinae
Genus: Donacaula
Meyrick, 1890 [1]
Type species
Tinea mucronella
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
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Donacaula
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Donacaula

Donacaula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Edward Meyrick in 1890.

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Four species of this genus are represented in the Palearctic region, four species in Africa, two species in the Oriental region, seven species in the Neotropical region and twenty-one in the Nearctic region. [2]

Species

Former species

Unpublished species

The species below were described in an unpublished doctoral dissertation by Edda Lis Martínez in 2010. [3] [4]

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Argyrostola is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by George Hampson in 1896. It contains only one species, Argyrostola ruficostalis, which is found in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and in Panama.

Schoenobiinae Subfamily of moths

Schoenobiinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. The subfamily was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1846.

Donacaula pulverealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia.

Donacaula semifuscalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Pernambuco and in Bolivia.

Donacaula albicostella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles H. Fernald in 1888. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Utah and Wisconsin.

Donacaula aquilella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Donacaula immanis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1877. It is found in Bolivia and the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Rio Grande do Sul.

Donacaula longirostrallus, the long-beaked donacaula moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont and Virginia.

Donacaula maximellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles H. Fernald in 1891. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina and South Carolina.

<i>Donacaula melinella</i> Species of moth

Donacaula melinella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

Donacaula microforficellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1956. It is found in Venezuela.

Donacaula montivagellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in Venezuela and Cuba.

Donacaula nitidellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.

Donacaula pallulellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona, California, New York and Texas.

Donacaula porrectellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela.

<i>Donacaula roscidellus</i> Species of moth

Donacaula roscidellus, the brown donacaula moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz) and the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Donacaula sicarius is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in Venezuela.

Donacaula tripunctellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson in 1870. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

Donacaula unipunctellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Robinson in 1870. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

Donacaula uxorialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Texas.

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.
  3. Scholtens, Brian; Solis, M. Alma (2015). "Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico". ZooKeys (535): 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086 . PMC   4669914 . PMID   26668552. Donacaula was revised by Martinez (2010) in an unpublished dissertation, therefore the new scientific names are not available until they are published.
  4. Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.