Donald R. Davis (entomologist)


Donald Ray Davis is an American entomologist, specializing in Lepidoptera.

Biography

In 1956 Davis earned his bachelor's degree in Entomology at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1962.
Since 1961 Davis has been a research entomologist in microlepidoptera for the Smithsonian Institution.
The Lepidopterists' Society awarded him its Karl Jordan Medal in 1977 for his work on the Prodoxidae.