Dodia


Dodia is a genus of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1901. The moths are found in subarctic tundra and taiga ecosystems. They belong to the subtribe Callimorphina of tribe Arctiini.
Like most of their closest relatives, they are mid-sized moths which may be active all day, but avoid direct sunlight. Unlike many of the Callimorphina, they are inconspicuous and coloured a somewhat translucent grey-brown and without bold markings. They have the typical slender body shape of other species of their subtribe, and they resemble, at a casual glance, certain larentiine geometer moths, e.g. the Operophterini, rather than the more typical Callimorphina. Like in the former, flightless females are known to occur in Dodia.

Species

Long held to contain only two species, several more have been discovered and described since the 1980s. Consequently, it is quite possible that further species await discovery. As of 2009, the known species are:Dodia albertae Dyar, 1901Dodia diaphana Dodia kononenkoi Tshistjakov & Lafontaine, 1984Dodia maja Rekelj & Česanek, 2009Dodia sazonovi Dubatolov, 1990Dodia tarandus Schmidt et Macaulay, 2009Dodia transbaikalensis Tshistjakov, 1988 Dodia verticalis Lafontaine & Troubridge, 1999