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

Species

*'' Donacaula albicostella'' (Fernald, 1888) *'' Donacaula aquilella'' Clemens, 1860 *'' Donacaula caminarius'' (Zeller) (Ethiopian region) *'' Donacaula dispersella'' Robinson *'' Donacaula dodatellus'' (Walker, 1864) (Oriental) *'' Donacaula flavus'' de Joannis, 1929 (Oriental) *'' Donacaula forficella'' (Thunberg, 1794) (Palearctic) *'' Donacaula hasegawai'' (Shibuya, 1927) (Palearctic) *'' Donacaula ignitalis'' (Hampson, 1919) (Ethiopian region) *'' Donacaula immanis'' (Zeller, 1877) (Neotropical) *''

Donacaula longirostrallus ''Donacaula longirostrallus'', the long-beaked donacaula moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, ...

'' (Clemens, 1860) *''

Donacaula maximellus ''Donacaula maximellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles H. Fernald in 1891. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina and Sout ...

'' (Fernald, 1891) *''

Donacaula melinella ''Donacaula melinella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, ...

'' Clemens, 1860 *'' Donacaula microforficellus'' (Amsel, 1956) (Neotropical) *''

Donacaula montivagellus ''Donacaula montivagellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in Venezuela and Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an ...

'' (Zeller, 1863) (Neotropical) *'' Donacaula mucronella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Palearctic) *''

Donacaula niloticus ''Donacaula niloticus'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, China (Gansu), Turkey, Russia, India and North Africa, including Algeria and Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab ...

'' (Zeller, 1867) (Palearctic) *''

Donacaula nitidellus ''Donacaula nitidellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missis ...

'' (Dyar, 1917) *''

Donacaula pallulellus ''Donacaula pallulellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona, California, New York and Texas ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912) *'' Donacaula phaeopastalis'' (Hampson, 1919) (Ethiopian region) *'' Donacaula porrectellus'' (Walker, 1863) (Neotropical) *'' Donacaula pulverealis'' (Hampson, 1919) (Neotropical) *''

Donacaula roscidellus ''Donacaula roscidellus'', the brown donacaula moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1917. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz) and the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky, ...

'' (Dyar, 1917) *'' Donacaula rufalis'' (Hampson, 1919) (Ethiopian region) *'' Donacaula semifuscalis'' (Hampson, 1919) (Neotropical) *''

Donacaula sicarius ''Donacaula sicarius'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivarian ...

'' (Zeller, 1863) *'' Donacaula sordidellus'' (Zincken, 1821) *'' Donacaula tripunctellus'' (Robinson, 1870) *'' Donacaula unipunctellus'' (Robinson, 1870) *'' Donacaula uxorialis'' (Dyar, 1921)

Former species

*'' Donacaula amblyptepennis'' (Dyar, 1917) *'' Donacaula bicolorellus'' (F. Hoffmann, 1934) *'' Donacaula lanceolellus'' (Hampson, 1895)

Unpublished species

The species below were described in an unpublished doctoral dissertation by Edda Lis Martínez in 2010. *''Donacaula flavusella'' *''Donacaula linealis'' *''Donacaula luridusella'' *''Donacaula microlinealis'' *''Donacaula ochronella'' *''Donacaula parealis'' *''Donacaula quadrisella'' *''Donacaula ravella'' *''Donacaula sinusella'' *''Donacaula tannisella''

References

Schoenobiinae Crambidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Schoenobiinae-stub