Taxonomy
Schaus established the genus ''Dunama'' in 1912 for a group of small, relatively drab, mottled and tree-bark patterned, brown notodontid moths with a black orbicular spot. Edward L. Todd revised the genus whose distribution extends from Mexico to Amazonian Brazil in 1976. He described two new species and listed two species, ''D. angulinea'' and ''D. tuna'' from Costa Rica and ''D. angulinea'' was reared in Panama for study in 1976. One additional species was recently described by James S. Miller and Paul Thiaucourt from Ecuador in 2011. The genus traditionally has been placed in the Nystaleinae, but that placement remains provisional because species of ''Dunama'' lack the characteristic morphological traits of most nystaleines. Additionally, all known caterpillars of ''Dunama'' feed on monocots (Musaceae, Marantaceae, Heliconiaceae, Arecaceae), a trait rarely encountered in the Notodontidae.Species
The genus includes the following species: * '' Dunama angulinea'' Schaus, 1912 * '' Dunama biosise'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama claricentrata'' (Dognin, 1916) * '' Dunama indereci'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama janecoxae'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama janewaldronae'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama jessiebancroftae'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama jessiebarronae'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama jessiehillae'' Chacón, 2013 * '' Dunama mattonii'' J.S. Miller, 2011 * '' Dunama mexicana'' Todd, 1976 * '' Dunama ravistriata'' Todd, 1976 * '' Dunama tuna'' (Schaus, 1901)References
* Notodontidae of South America {{Notodontidae-stub