1975

• Davis, D.R., 1975a: A review of the West Indian moths of the family Psychidae with description of a new Taxa and immature stages. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 188: 1–66. Full article:

1978

• Davis, D.R. 1978. New leaf-mining moths of the family Nepticulidae from Florida. The Florida Entomologist 61(4): 209–224. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1979

• Davis, D.R. 1979. Scientific Notes: Manoneura, A New Name to Replace the Generic Homonym Oligoneura Davis (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). The Florida Entomologist 62(3): 276. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1990

• Davis, D.R., 1990: Neotropical microlepidoptera. XXIII: First report of the family eriocottidae from the new world, with descriptions of new taxa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 92 (1): 1–35.

1984

• Davis, D.R. 1984. A new Acanthopteroctetes from the northwestern United States (Acanthopteroctetidae). Journal of the lepidopterists' society 38(2): 47–50. Reference page. 

• Davis, D.R. 1984a. Nepticulidae. In Heppner, J. B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklis. part 1. Micropterigoidea-Immoidea. 1-112. Reference page. 

1994

• Davis, D.R. 1994: Neotropical Microlepidoptera XXV. New Leaf-Mining Moths from Chile, with Remarks on the Life History and Composition of Phyllocnistinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(1): 65-75. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1996

• Davis, D.R. 1996. Neotropical tineidae, VI: Prosetomorpha falcata, a new genus and species of setomorphinae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from Colombia associated with curculionid galleries in stems of Solanum. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98(2): 173–187. Reference page. 

2001

• Davis, D.R. 2001. A new species of Prototheora from Malawi, with additional notes on the distribution and morphology of the genus (Lepidoptera: Prototheoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(2): 452–456. Reference page. 

• Davis, D.R. & Deschka, G. 2001. Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 614: 1–89. Reference page. 

• Guillén, M., Davis, D.R. & Heraty, J.M. 2001. Systematics and biology of a new, polyphagous species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) infesting grapefruit in the southwestern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(3): 636–654. Reference page. 

2009

• Davis, S.R. & Davis, D.R., 2009: First report of the old world genus Pelecystola in North America, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera,Tineidae). Zookeys, 25: 69–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.25.197 . Reference page. 

• Kawahara, A.Y., Nishida, K. & Davis, D.R., 2009: Systematics, host plants, and life histories of three new Phyllocnistis species from the central highlands of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistinae). Zookeys 27: 7–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.250 . Reference page. 

• Medeiros, M.J., Davis, D.R., Howarth, F.G. & Gillespie, R.G. 2009: Evolution of cave living in Hawaiian Schrankia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a remarkable new cave species. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 156(1): 114–139. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00477.x Reference page. 

2011

• Davis, D.R., McKay, F., Oleiro, M., Vitorino, M.D. & Wheeler, G.S. 2011a. Biology and Systematics of the Leafmining Gracillariidae of Brazilian Pepper Tree, Schinus terebinthifolius raddi, with Descriptions of a New Genus and Four New Species). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 65(2): 61-93. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v65i2.a1 . Reference page. 

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011: Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . PDF Reference page. 

2012

• Davis, D.R. & Landry, J.F. 2012. A review of the North American genus Epimartyria (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) with a discussion of the larval plastron. ZooKeys 183: 37–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.183.2556 . Reference page. 

2014

• Stonis, J.R.; Remeikis, A.; Davis, D.R. 2014: Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 3887(3): 321–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.3 Reference page. 

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Rociené, A., Sruoga, V., Davis, D.R. 2014: New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East. Zootaxa 3884(2): 141–155. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.3 Reference page. 

2015

• Sohn, J.C., Davis, D.R., Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2015: Revision of the genus Philonome Chambers and its proposed reassignment to the familyTineidae (Lepidoptera, Tineoidea). Zookeys 494: 69-106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8748 . Reference page. 

2016

• Davis, D.R. & Graves, G.R. 2016. A New Leafmining Moth (Cameraria cotinivora, Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) of the American Smoketree (Cotinus obovatus). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118(2): 244–253. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.118.2.244 . Reference page. 

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Doorenweerd, C., Hoare, R.J.B. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). ZooKeys 628: 65-246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799 . Reference page. 

• Núñez Aguila, R. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Antillopsyche sessilis, new genus and species, a new Psychidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from Cuba with an unusual larval feeding behavior. Zootaxa 4066(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.3 . Reference page. 

• Núñez Aguila, R.N. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Antillonatus, a new replacement name for the generic homonym Antillopsyche Núñez & Davis, 2016 (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea: Psychidae). Zootaxa 4079(5): 595–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.6 .Reference page. 

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Davis, D.R., Solis, M.A. & Torres, N.C. 2016a. The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America. Zootaxa 4136(1): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4 . Reference page. 

2017

• Davis, D.R. & Davis, M.M. 2017. First report of the genus Telamoptilia from the Western Hemisphere with descriptions of two new species (Gracillariidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 71(4): 261-273. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.71i4.a8 Reference page. 

• Eiseman, C.S.; Davis, D.R. 2017. A new species of Macrosaccus (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) from Arizona, USA. Zootaxa 4358(2): 385–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.11 Reference page. 

• Eiseman, C.S., Davis, D.R., Blyth, J.A., Wagner, D.L., Palmer, M.W. & Feldman, T.S. 2017. A new species of Marmara (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Marmarinae), with an Annotated List of Known Hostplants for the Genus. Zootaxa 4337(2): 198–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.2 . Reference page. 

2018

• Landry, B. & Davis, D.R. 2018. Two new species of Prototheora Meyrick from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania representing the northernmost records for the genus (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 125(1): 129-135. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Metz, M.A., Davis, D.R. & Davis, M.M. 2018. Anchimacheta suppletella (Zeller, 1877), N. Comb., (Lepidoptera: Urodoidea: Urodidae): Transferred from Blastobasis Zeller, 1855 (Gelechioidea: Blastobasidae), with Redescription and Diagnosis. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(2): 245-250. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.120.1.153 Reference page. 

• Silva, G.T., Moreira, G.R.P., Vargas, H.A., Gonçalves, G.L., Mainardi, M.D., San Blas, G. & Davis, D. 2018. Overlooked gall-inducing moths revisited, with the description of Andescecidium parrai gen. et sp. n. and Oliera saizi sp. n. from Chile (Lepidoptera, Cecidosidae). ZooKeys 795: 127–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.27070 Reference page. 

2019

• Davis, D.R. 2019. Anarsioses, a new generic name for Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Zootaxa 4701(6): 574–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.6.6 . Reference page.