Doidae
Doidae is a small family of Lepidoptera with an exclusively New World distribution, with species occurring in Central America, the south-western United States, and northern South America.
Taxonomical placement
Doidae was elevated to family rank by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987. They have a complex taxonomical history, and have previously been placed in Geometridae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Dioptidae among several other families. As a family, Doidae was formerly included in superfamily Noctuoidea, but was transferred to the Drepanoidea in 2011 by van Nieukerken et al.Genera and species
, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists seven species in two genera for Doidae:- Genus Doa - type genus
- * Doa ampla - South-western US, Mexico
- * Doa cubana - Cuba
- * Doa dora - Mexico, California
- * Doa raspa - Mexico, Belize
- * Doa translucida - Colombia
- Genus Leuculodes
- * Leuculodes lacteolaria
- * ''Leuculodes lephassa''