education and training
- B.A., University of Kansas
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Davis, Don
National Museum of Natural History staff
Systematics and phylogeny of the basal families of Lepidoptera including the superfamilies Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea; biology of leaf-mining and cave-dwelling moths.
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
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- Li, Xuankun, St Laurent, Ryan, Earl, Chandra, Doorenweerd, Camiel, Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Davis, Donald R., Johns, Chris A., Kawakita, Atsushi, Kobayashi, Shigeki, Zwick, Andreas, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Ohshima, Issei, and Kawahara, Akito Y. 2021. "Phylogeny of gracillariid leaf-mining moths: evolution of larval behaviour inferred from phylogenomic and Sanger data." Cladistics https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12490 2021
- Davis, Donald R., Farfán, Jackie, Cerdeña, José, Huanca‐Mamani, Wilson, Vargas, Héctor A., Vargas‐Ortiz, Marcelo, Gonçalves, Gislene L., and Moreira, Gilson 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 (1):37-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12439 2020
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diskus, Arunas, Davis, Donald R., and Solis, M. Alma. 2020. "American Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) from the Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Washington Dc." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (2):482-505. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.482 2020
- Davis, Donald R. and Davis, Mignon M. 2020. "New Species and Records of Moths from African Caves (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (3):577-594. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.122.3.577 2020
- Eiseman, Charles S. and Davis, Donald R. 2020. "Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera." Zootaxa 4751 (2):201-237. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4751.2.1 2020
- Davis, Donald R. 2019. "Anarsioses, a new generic name for Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)." Zootaxa 4701 (6):574-580. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4701.6.6 2019
- Prins, Jurate De, Arévalo-Maldonado, Helber Adrián, Davis, Donald R., Landry, Bernard, Vargas, Héctor A., Davis, Mignon M., Brito, Rosângela, Fochezato, Júlia, Ohshima, Issei, and Moreira, Gilson Rudinei Pires. 2019. "An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types." Zootaxa 4575 (1):1-110. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4575.1.1 2019
- Metz, Mark A., Davis, Donald R., and Davis, Mignon M. 2018. "A New Species of Niditinea (Tineidae: Tineinae) with a Preference for Bird Nests, and the Known Larval Habitats of the Species in the United States." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (1):153-166. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.153 2018
- Silva, Gabriela T., Moreira, Gilson R. P., Vargas, Héctor A., Gonçalves, Gislene L., Mainardi, Marina D., Blas, Germán San, and Davis, Donald. 2018. "Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidiumparrai gen. et sp. n. and Olierasaizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae)." ZooKeys 795:127-157. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.27070 2018
- Landry, Bernard and Davis, Donald 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. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1196035 2018
- Kawahara, Akito Y., Plotkin, David, Ohshima, Issei, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Houlihan, Peter R., Breinholt, Jesse W., Kawakita, Atsushi, Xiao, Lei, Regier, Jerome C., Davis, Donald R., Kumata, Tosio, Sohn, Jae-Cheon, de Prins, Jurate, and Mitter, Charles. 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 (1):60-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12210 2017
- Eiseman, Charles S. and Davis, Donald R. 2017. "A new species of Macrosaccus (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) from Arizona, USA." Zootaxa 4358 (2):385-392. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.11 2017
- Eiseman, Charles S., Davis, Donald R., Blyth, Julia A., Wagner, David L., Palmer, Michael W., and Feldman, Tracy 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.2 2017
- Ahola, Matti, Davis, Donald R., Itamies, Juhani, Leinonen, Reima, and Mutanen, Marko. 2017. "Description of immature stages of Nemophora bellela (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Adelidae)." Entomologica Fennica 28 (2):49-56. 2017
- Davis, Donald R. and Davis, Mignon 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. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.71i4.a8 2017
- Mitter, Charles, Davis, Donald R., and Cummings, Michael P. 2017. "Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera." Annual Review of Entomology 62:265-283. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035125 2017
- Malakauskas, David M., Berry, Lucas C., Davis, Don R., and Foley, Sean C. 2017. "Two Records of Phereoeca praecox (Tineidae) in South Carolina and Observations on its Biology." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 71 (3):192-195. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.71i3.a1 2017
- Aguila, Rayner Núñez and Davis, Don R. 2016. "Antillonatus, a new replacement name for the generic homonym Antillopsyche Núñez & Davis, 2016 (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea: Psychidae)." Zootaxa 4079 (5):595. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.6 2016
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Aguila, Rayner Núñez and Davis, Don 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.3 2016 - Davis, Donald R. and Graves, Gary 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. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.2.244 2016
- Bazinet, Adam L., Mitter, Kim T., Davis, Donald R., Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Cummings, Michael P., and Mitter, Charles. 2016. "Phylotranscriptomics resolves ancient divergences in the Lepidoptera: Ancient divergences in Lepidoptera." Systematic Entomology 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12217 2016
- van Nieukerken, Erik, Doorenweerd, Camiel, Hoare, Robert J. B., and Davis, Donald R. 2016. "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)." ZooKeys 628:65-246. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.628.9799 2016
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Remeikis, Andrius, Davis, Donald R., Solis, M. Alma, and Torres, Nixon Cumbicus. 2016. "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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4 2016
- Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Davis, Donald R., Harrison, Terry L., Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Cummings, Michael P., Zwick, Andreas, and Mitter, Kim T. 2015. "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. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12110 2015
- Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Kristensen, Niels P., Davis, Donald R., Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Rota, Jadranka, Simonsen, Thomas J., Mitter, Kim T., Kawahara, Akito Y., Yen, Shen-Horn, Cummings, Michael P., and Zwick, Andreas. 2015. "A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant Lepidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life-history evolution." Systematic Entomology 40 (4):671-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12129 2015
- Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Davis, Donald R., and Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos. 2015. "Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea)." ZooKeys (494): 69-106. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.494.8748 2015
- Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Labandeira, Conrad C., and Davis, Donald R. 2015. "The fossil record and taphonomy of butterflies and moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera): implications for evolutionary diversity and divergence-time estimates." BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (12):https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0290-8 2015
- Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, Arunas, Rociene, Agne, Sruoga, Virginijus, and Davis, Donald R. 2014. "New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, East Asia. Zootaxa,." Zootaxa 3884 (2):141-155. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.3 2014
- Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikus, Andrius, and Davis, Donald 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.3 2014
- Remeikus, A., Stonis, Jonas R., Diskus, A., and Davis, Donald R. 2014. "The First Photographic Documentation and New Data on Enteucha guajave (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), A Pest of Guava from Equatorial America." The First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics, 1:65-74. 2014
- Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Zwick, Andreas, Bazinet, Adam L., Cummings, Michael P., Kawahara, Akito Y., Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Zwickl, Derrick J., Cho, Soowon, Davis, Donald R., Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John W., Parr, Cynthia Sims, Weller, Susan, Lees, David, and Mitter, Kim T. 2013. "A Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)." PLoS ONE 8 (3):1-23. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058568 2013
- Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Davis, Donald R., Landry, Jean-Francois, Zwick, Andreas, and Cummings, Michael 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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055066 2013
- Zhang, Weitung, Shih, ChungKun, Labandeira, Conrad C., Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Davis, Donald R., Santago-Blay, Jorge, Flint, Oliver S., Jr., and Ren, Dong. 2013. "New Fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China." PLoS ONE 8 (11):1-33. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079500 2013
- San Blas, German D. and Davis, Donald R. 2013. "Redescription of Dicranoses capsulifex Kieffer & Jörgensen (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) with description of the immature stages and biology." Zootaxa 3682 (2):371-384. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3682.2.9 2013
- Davis, Donald R., Fox, Mark S., and Hazen, Rebecca F. 2013. "Systematics and Biology of Caloptilia Triadicae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a New Species of Leaf-Mining Moth of the Invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica Sebifera (L.) Euphorbiaceae)." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 67 (4):281-290. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v67i4.a5 2013
- Davis, Donald R., Diaz, Rodrigo, and Overholt, William 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. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v67i1.a4 2013
- de Prins, Jurate, Davis, Donald R., de Coninck, Eliane, Sohn, Jae-Cheon, and Triberti, Paolo. 2013. "Systematics, phylogeny and biology of a new genus of Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) associated with Cistaceae." Zootaxa 3741 (2):201-227. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3741.2.1 2013
- Davis, Donald R. and Mendel, Howard. 2013. "The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae)." ZooKeys 341:1-20. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.341.6146 2013
- Davis, Donald R. and Landry, Jean-Francois. 2012. "A review of the North American genus Epimartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) with a discussion of the larval plastron." ZooKeys 183:37-83. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.183.2556 2012
- Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Labandeira, Conrad C., Davis, Donald R., and Mitter, Charles. 2012. "An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world." Zootaxa (3286): 1-132. 2012
- Davis, Donald R., Davis, Mignon M., and Mannion, Catharine. 2012. "Neotropical Tineidae Ix: a Review of the West Indian Xystrologa and Biology of Xystrologa Grenadella (Wlsm.), an Invasive Pest of Cultivated Greenhouse Plants in Southern Florida, Usa and Germany (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114 (4):439-455. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.114.4.439 2012
- Moreira, Gilson R. P., Gonçalves, Gislene L., Eltz, Rodrigo P., San Blas, German, and Davis, Donald 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. 2012
- Fox, Mark, Hazen, Rebecca, and Davis, Donald R. 2012. "Using internet images to gather distributional data for a newly discovered Caloptilia species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) specializing on Chinese tallow in North America." American Entomologist 58 (1):32-35. 2012
- Davis, Donald R., Mc Kay, Fernando, Oleiro, Marina, Vitorino, Marcelo Diniz, and Wheeler, Gregory S. 2011. "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. 2011
- Davis, Donald R. and Wagner, David. 2011. "Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)." ZooKeys 97:39-73. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.97.753 2011
- Cho, Soowon, Zwick, Andreas, Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Cummings, Michael P., Yao, Jianxiu, Du, Zaile, Zhao, Hong, Kawahara, Akito Y., Weller, Susan, Davis, Donald R., Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John W., and Parr, Cynthia Sims. 2011. "Can Deliberately Incomplete Gene Sample Augmentation Improve a Phylogeny Estimate for the Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)?." Systematic Biology 60 (6):782-796. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr079 2011
- Kawahara, Akito Y., Ohshima, Issei, Kawakita, Atsushi, Regier, Jerome C., Mitter, Charles, Cummings, Michael P., Davis, Donald R., Wagner, David L., de Prins, Jurate, and Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos. 2011. "Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)." BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:182. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-182 2011
- Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Kaila, Lauri, Kitching, Ian J., Kristensen, Niels P., Lees, David C., Minet, Joël, Mitter, Charles, Mutanen, Marko, Regier, Jerome C., Simonsen, Thomas J., Wahlberg, Niklas, Yen, Shen-Horn, Zahiri, Reza, Adamski, David, Baixeras, Joaquin, Bartsch, Daniel, Bengtsson, Bengt Å., Brown, John W., Bucheli, Sibyl Rae, Davis, Donald R., Prins, Jurate De, Prins, Willy De, Epstein, Marc E., Gentili-Poole, Patricia, Gielis, Cees et al. 2011. "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness." Zootaxa 3148 (1):212-221. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41 2011
- Davis, Donald R. and de Prins, Jurate. 2011. "Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)." ZooKeys 98:29-82. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.98.925 2011
- Medeiros, Matthew J., Davis, Donald R., Howarth, Francis G., and Gillespie, Rosemary. 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00477.x 2009
- Davis, Steven R. and Davis, Donald 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.25.197 2009
- Heppner, John B. and Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Guatemala moth notes, 2, A new Neopostega from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Opostegidae)." Lepidoptera Novae 2 (1):31-34. 2009
- Davis, Steven R. and Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Neotropical Tineidae VIII: Falsivalva, a New Genus from Austral South America with Extreme Modification of the Male Postabdominal Terga (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111 (2):378-392. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797-111.2.378 2009
- Gladman, Brett J., Davis, Donald R., Neese, Carol, Jedicke, Robert, Williams, Gareth, Kavelaars, J. J., Petit, Jean-Marc, Scholl, Hans, Holman, Matthew J., Warrington, Ben, Esquerdo, Gilbert, and Tricarico, Pasquale. 2009. "On the asteroid belt's orbital and size distribution." Icarus 202:104-118. 2009
- Kawahara, Akito Y., Nishida, Kenji, and Davis, Donald 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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.27.250 2009
- Regier, Jerome C., Zwick, Andreas, Cummings, Michael, Kawahara, Akito, Cho, Soowon, Weller, Susan, Roe, Amanda, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John, Parr, Cynthia Sims, Davis, Donald R., Epstein, Marc, Hallwachs, Winnie D., Hausmann, Axel, Janzen, Daniel H., Kitching, Ian, Solis, M. Alma, Yen, Shen-Horn, Bazinet, Adam, and Mitter, Charles. 2009. "Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study." BMC Evolutionary Biology 9 (1):280. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-280 2009
- Davis, Donald R., Quintero A., Diomedes, Cambra, T. Roberto A., and Aiello, Annette. 2008. "Biology of a new Panamanian Bagworm Moth (Lepidoptera:Psychidae) with predatory larvae, and eggs individually wrapped in setal cases." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101 (4):689-702. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/101.4.689 2008
- Stonis, Jonas R., Davis, Donald R., and Diskus, A. 2008. "High biodiversity in Costa Rica (Central America): facts or artifacts?." Lietuvos biologine ivairove (bukle, struktura, apsauga) 3:99-106. 2008
- Heppner, John B. and Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Notes on the Hawaiian Dryadaula terpsichorella and its presence in Florida and California (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)." Lepidoptera Novae 1 (1-2):55-58. 2008
- Davis, Donald R. 2007. "Andesianidae." Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series), Assoc.Trop.Lepidoptera . 14:1-7. 2007
- Davis, Donald R. and Davis, M. M. 2007. "Neotropical tineidae, V: A new genus and species of Tineidae associated with social hymenoptera and re-examination of two poorly known genera with similar biology (Lepidoptera : Tineidae, Lyonetiidae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109 (4):741-764. 2007
- A monograph of the family Arrhenophanidea( Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-80. 2003
- Biology and Systematics of the North Phyllonorycter Leafminers on Salicaceae, with a Synoptical Catalogue of the Palearctic Species Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-89. 2001
- A World Classification of the Harmacloninae, a New Subfamily of Tineidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-81. 1998
- A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-202.
- A New Leafmining Moth (Cameraria cotinivora, Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of the American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 118:244-253.
- A Review of Ochsenheimeriidae and the Introduction of the Cereal Stem Moth, Ochsenheimeria vacculella into the United States (Lepidoptera: Tineodea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-20.
- A Review of the West Indian Moths of the family Psychidae with descriptions of New Taxa and Immature Stages. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-66.
- A Revision of the North American Moths of the Superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a New Family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-131.
- Biology and Systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, New Genus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-99.
- Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-97.
- Systematics and Zoogeography of the Family Neopseustidae with a proposal of a New Superfamily (Lepidoptera: Neopseustoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-44.
- The Leaf Mining Moths of the Genus Cameraria Associated with Fagaceae in California (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-58.
- The North American Moths of the General Phaeoses, Opogona, and Oinophila, with a Discussion of their Supergeneric Affinities (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-39.
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book
- Davis, Donald R. and Stonis, Jonas R. 2007. A revision of the new world plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera:Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.625 2007
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chapter
- Rhainds, M., Davis, Donald R., and Price, P. W. 2009. "Bionomics of Bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)." in Annual Review of Entomology, edited by Berenbaum, M. R., Carde, R. T., and Robinson, G. E., 209-226. Annual Reviews. 2009
- Roe, Amanda D., Weller, Susan J., Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John, Cummings, Michael P., Davis, Donald R., Kawahara, Akito Y., Parr, Cynthia Sims, Regier, Jerome C., Rubinoff, Daniel, and Simonsen, T. J. 2009. "Evolutionary Framework for Lepidoptera Model Systems." in Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera, edited by Goldsmith, Marian R. and Marec, Frantisek., 1-24. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. 2009
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review
- Davis, Donald R. 2012. [Book review] "Basic Pattern of Lepidoptera Diversity in Southwestern Africa by Wolfram Mey." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 183. 2012
- Davis, Donald R. 2012. [Book review] "Thomas Sobczyk, 2005. Psychidae (Lepidoptera). In: M. Nuss (ed.), World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 10, Apollo Books Aps., Stenstrup, Denmark. 2005, 467 pp." Nota Lepidopterologica. 134. 2012
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. [Book review] "Biology, Distribution, and Diversity of Tineid Moths by Gaden Robinson." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 32-53. 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. [Book review] "The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Nambia, Part 2. Lepidoptera Africana 4, ed. Wolfram Mey." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 57-57. 2008
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webpage
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Andesianidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Bucculatricidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Cecidosidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Epipyropidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Gracillariidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Opostegidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2010. "Family Palaephatidae." leptree.net 2010
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Acanthopteroctetidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Adelidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Eriocraniidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Heliozelidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Incurvariidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Neopseustidae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. "Family Prototheoridae." leptree.net 2009
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Family Acrolophidae." leptree.net 2008
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Family Arrhenophanidae." leptree.net 2008
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Family Eriocottidae." leptree.net 2008
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Family Psychidae." leptree.net 2008
- Davis, Donald R. 2008. "Family Tineidae." leptree.net 2008
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
