Category
page 1Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist)
Neopseustidae
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Acanthopteroctetidae
Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family of moths with two described genera, Acanthopteroctetes and Catapterix, a total of seven described species, and two undescribed species. They are known as the archaic sun moths.
Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with four species in eastern Australia and Tasmania and one in South Africa (Davis, 1999). The larvae spin together leaves of Proteaceae (Ptyssoptera) or Verbenaceae (Azaleodes) (Nielsen, 1987). Palaephatoidea, a typical monotrysian group, is one two main candidates as the sister group of most of the Lepidoptera, the Ditrysia (see Tischerioidea and also Wiegman
Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata
species of insect
Acanthopteroctetes unifascia
species of insect
Marmara gulosa
species of insect
Phyllonorycter acanthus
species of insect
Phyllonorycter latus
species of insect
Synempora andesae
species of insect
Apoplania chilensis
species of insect
Phyllonorycter mildredae
species of insect
Phyllonorycter erugatus
species of insect
Apoplania
Apoplania is a genus of moths in the family Neopseustidae.
Phyllonorycter deserticola
species of insect
Eucosmophora aspila
species of insect
Eucosmophora manilkarae
species of insect
Eucosmophora pithecollobiae
species of insect
Cameraria sadlerianella
species of insect
Cameraria anomala
species of insect
Cameraria shenaniganensis
species of insect
Cameraria sempervirensella
species of insect
Cameraria mendocinensis
species of insect
Eucosmophora paraguayensis
species of insect
Cameraria tildeni
species of insect
Cameraria lobatiella
species of insect
Cameraria marinensis
species of insect
Cameraria pentekes
species of insect
Cameraria temblorensis
species of insect
Eucosmophora pouteriae
species of insect
Eucosmophora echinulata
species of insect
Eucosmophora ingae
species of insect
Cameraria diabloensis
species of insect
Crepidochares aridula
species of insect
Cameraria walsinghami
species of insect
Prophyllocnistis epidrimys
species of insect
Cameraria serpentinensis
species of insect
Cameraria jacintoensis
species of insect
Eucosmophora prolata
species of insect
Phyllocnistis puyehuensis
species of insect
Enteucha basidactyla
species of insect
Acrolophus mycetophagus
species of insect
Phyllocnistis drimiphaga
species of insect
Phyllocnistis maxberryi
species of insect
Crepidochares austrina
species of insect
Crepidochares neblinae
species of insect
Astala
genus of insects
Acrolophus heppneri
species of insect
Phyllocnistis tropaeolicola
species of insect
Apoplania penai
species of insect
Acalyptris tenuijuxtus
species of insect
Ptilopsaltis santarosae
species of insect
Neopseustis sinensis
species of insect
Paralopostega
Paralopostega is a genus of moths of the family Opostegidae.
Crepidochares colombiae
species of insect
Prodoxoides asymmetra
Prodoxoides asymmetra is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Valdivian temperate rain forest and humid Nothofagus-Chusqua forest along the border of Chile (Osorno Province) and Argentina (Río Negro Province). It is the only known Prodoxidae species in the Southern Hemisphere.
Carposina simulator
species of insect
Neopostega petila
species of insect
Opostega afghani
species of insect
Opostegoides malaysiensis
species of insect
Acrolophus guttatus
species of insect