Davis, Don (1934-2024)
Inactive National Museum of Natural History staffDavis, Don (1934-2024)
Inactive National Museum of Natural History staffSystematics 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
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Kansas
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Adamski, David and Davis, Donald R. 2025. "Discovery of a New Internal Mating Mechanism in Ditryisan Moths (Lepidoptera) to Sustain Monogamy in Females." The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79, (2). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.79i2.a5. 2025
- Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Davis, Donald R., Swain, Steven V., and Epstein, Marc E. 2024. "A new North American species of Etainia (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), feeding on Arbutus and Arctostaphylos species (Ericaceae)." ZooKeys, 1193 195–218. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.116982. 2024
- 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 Medeiros, Matthew J. 2023. A Revision of the Family Adelidae of the Western Hemisphere (Lepidoptera: Adeloidea). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 656. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.23817864. 2023
- Davis, Donald R. and Stonis, Jonas R. 2007. A revision of the new world plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera:Nepticuloidea). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 625. 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. Berenbaum, M. R., Carde, R. T., and Robinson, G. E., editors. 209–226. Palo Alto, CA: 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. Goldsmith, Marian R. and Marec, Frantisek, editors. 1–24. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. In Contemporary topics in entomology series. 2009
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Dataset
- Li, Xuankun, St Laurent, Ryan, Earl, Chandra, Doorenweerd, Camiel, Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Davis, Donald R., Kawakita, Atsushi, Kobayashi, Shigeki, Zwick, Andreas, Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Ohshima, Issei, and Kawahara, Akito Y. 2021. [Dataset] Data from: Phylogeny of gracillariid leaf-mining moths: evolution of larval behaviour inferred from phylogenomic and Sanger data. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.BZKH1897N. 2021
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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, 66, (3), 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, 35, (2), 134. 2012
- Davis, Donald R. 2009. [Book review] "Biology, Distribution, and Diversity of Tineid Moths by Gaden Robinson." Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 64, (1), 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, 62, (1), 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
