''Dodia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of woolly bear

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. The genus was erected by

Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. (February 14, 1866 – January 21, 1929) was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which includ ...

in 1901. The moths are found in

subarctic The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of hemiboreal regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cair ...

tundra In physical geography, a tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra: #Arctic, Arctic, Alpine tundra, Alpine, and #Antarctic ...

and

taiga Taiga or tayga ( ; , ), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. In North A ...

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s. They belong to the

subtribe Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals) or -inae (in plants). The first use of this word dates back to the late 19th century. An example of ...

Callimorphina The Callimorphina are a subtribe of woolly bear moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1865. Many of these moths are easily confused with butterflies, being quite brightly colored and somewhat diurnal. Th ...

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Arctiini The Arctiini are a tribe (biology), tribe of Arctiinae (moth), tiger moths in the family Erebidae. Systematics The tribe was previously treated as a higher-level taxon, the subfamily Arctiinae, within the lichen and tiger moth family, Arctiida ...

. Like most of their closest relatives, they are mid-sized

s (a few cm/around 1 inch wingspan) 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 moth The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek (derivative form of or "the earth"), and "measure" in referen ...

s (Geometridae), e.g. the

Operophterini Operophterini is a tribe of geometer moths under subfamily Larentiinae. Species * ''Epirrita ''Epirrita'' is a genus of geometer moths Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1822. They are on the wing from late August to No ...

, 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 A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

, 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:Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), Rekelj & Česanek (2009), and see references in Haaramo (2010) * '' Dodia albertae'' Dyar, 1901 * '' Dodia diaphana'' (Eversmann, 1848) * '' Dodia kononenkoi'' Tshistjakov & Lafontaine, 1984 * '' Dodia maja'' Rekelj & Česanek, 2009 * '' Dodia sazonovi'' Dubatolov, 1990 * '' Dodia tarandus'' Schmidt et Macaulay, 2009 * '' Dodia transbaikalensis'' Tshistjakov, 1988 (sometimes in ''D. kononenkoi'') * '' Dodia verticalis'' Lafontaine & Troubridge,

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1999

Footnotes

References

* *Rekelj, J. & Česanek, M. (2009)
"''Dodia maja'' sp. n., a new tiger moth from the Magadan territory, Russia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)"
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