education and training
- B.A., University of Kansas
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Davis, Don
Staff of National Museum of Natural History
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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article
- Adenogasteria leguminivora Davis & Vargas gen. et sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): a new seed-feeding micromoth associated with Fabaceae in Peru and Chile 2020
- American Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) from the Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Washington Dc 2020
- New Species and Records of Moths from African Caves (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) 2020
- Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera 2020
- Anarsioses, a new generic name for Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) 2019
- An illustrated catalogue of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with new data on primary types 2019
- 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 2018
- Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidiumparrai gen. et sp. n. and Olierasaizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae) 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) 2018
- A molecular phylogeny and revised higher-level classification for the leaf-mining moth family Gracillariidae and its implications for larval host-use evolution 2017
- A new species of Macrosaccus (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) from Arizona, USA 2017
- A new species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Marmarinae), with an Annotated List of Known Hostplants for the Genus 2017
- Description of immature stages of Nemophora bellela (Walker, 1863) (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) 2017
- First Report of the Genus Telamoptilia from the Western Hemisphere with Descriptions of Two New Species (Gracillariidae) 2017
- Phylogeny and Evolution of Lepidoptera 2017
- Two Records of Phereoeca praecox (Tineidae) in South Carolina and Observations on its Biology 2017
- Antillonatus, a new replacement name for the generic homonym Antillopsyche Núñez & Davis, 2016 (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea: Psychidae) 2016
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Antillopsyche sessilis, new genus and species, a new Psychidae
(Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from Cuba with an unusual larval feeding behavior 2016 - A New Leafmining Moth (Cameraria cotinivora , Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of the American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus) 2016
- Phylotranscriptomics resolves ancient divergences in the Lepidoptera: Ancient divergences in Lepidoptera 2016
- Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea) 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 2016
- 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 2015
- A molecular phylogeny for the oldest (nonditrysian) lineages of extant Lepidoptera, with implications for classification, comparative morphology and life-history evolution 2015
- Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea) 2015
- The fossil record and taphonomy of butterflies and moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera): implications for evolutionary diversity and divergence-time estimates 2015
- New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, East Asia. Zootaxa, 2014
- Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) 2014
- The First Photographic Documentation and New Data on Enteucha guajave (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), A Pest of Guava from Equatorial America 2014
- A Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies) 2013
- A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use 2013
- New Fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China 2013
- Redescription of Dicranoses capsulifex Kieffer & Jörgensen (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) with description of the immature stages and biology 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) 2013
- Systematics and biology of Cremastobombycia chromolaenae, new species (Gracillariidae), a natural enemy of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and H. Robinson (Asteraceae) 2013
- Systematics, phylogeny and biology of a new genus of Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) associated with Cistaceae 2013
- The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) 2013
- A review of the North American genus Epimartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) with a discussion of the larval plastron 2012
- An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world 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) 2012
- Revalidation of Oliera Brèthes (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae) based on a redescription of O. argentinana and DNA analysis of Neotropical cecidosids 2012
- Using internet images to gather distributional data for a newly discovered Caloptilia species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) specializing on Chinese tallow in North America 2012
- Biology and Systematics of the Leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus Terebinthifolius Raddi, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Four New Species) 2011
- Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) 2011
- Can Deliberately Incomplete Gene Sample Augmentation Improve a Phylogeny Estimate for the Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)? 2011
- Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) 2011
- Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 2011
- Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) 2011
- Evolution of cave living in Hawaiian Schrankia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a remarkable new cave species 2009
- First report of the old world genus Pelecystola in North America, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) 2009
- Guatemala moth notes, 2, A new Neopostega from Guatemala (Lepidoptera: Opostegidae) 2009
- Neotropical Tineidae VIII: Falsivalva, a New Genus from Austral South America with Extreme Modification of the Male Postabdominal Terga (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) 2009
- On the asteroid belt's orbital and size distribution 2009
- Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae) 2009
- Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study 2009
- Biology of a new Panamanian Bagworm Moth (Lepidoptera:Psychidae) with predatory larvae, and eggs individually wrapped in setal cases 2008
- High biodiversity in Costa Rica (Central America): facts or artifacts? 2008
- Notes on the Hawaiian Dryadaula terpsichorella and its presence in Florida and California (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) 2008
- Andesianidae 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) 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
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chapter
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review
- Basic Pattern of Lepidoptera Diversity in Southwestern Africa by Wolfram Mey 2012
- Thomas Sobczyk, 2005. Psychidae (Lepidoptera). In: M. Nuss (ed.), World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 10, Apollo Books Aps., Stenstrup, Denmark. 2005, 467 pp 2012
- Biology, Distribution, and Diversity of Tineid Moths by Gaden Robinson 2009
- The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Nambia, Part 2. Lepidoptera Africana 4, ed. Wolfram Mey 2008
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webpage
- Family Andesianidae 2010
- Family Bucculatricidae 2010
- Family Cecidosidae 2010
- Family Epipyropidae 2010
- Family Gracillariidae 2010
- Family Opostegidae 2010
- Family Palaephatidae 2010
- Family Acanthopteroctetidae 2009
- Family Adelidae 2009
- Family Eriocraniidae 2009
- Family Heliozelidae 2009
- Family Incurvariidae 2009
- Family Neopseustidae 2009
- Family Prototheoridae 2009
- Family Acrolophidae 2008
- Family Arrhenophanidae 2008
- Family Eriocottidae 2008
- Family Psychidae 2008
- Family Tineidae 2008
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
