Donacaula

<i>Donacaula</i>

Donacaula

Genus of moths

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

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Donacaula
Donacaula

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Unpublished species

The species below were described in an unpublished doctoral dissertation by Edda Lis Martínez in 2010.[3][4]

  • Donacaula flavusella
  • Donacaula linealis
  • Donacaula luridusella
  • Donacaula microlinealis
  • Donacaula ochronella
  • Donacaula parealis
  • Donacaula quadrisella
  • Donacaula ravella
  • Donacaula sinusella
  • Donacaula tannisella

References

  1. [1]
    Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. [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. [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 Donacaula was revised by Martinez (2010) in an unpublished dissertation, therefore the new scientific names are not available until they are published.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. [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.


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