Lophocoronoidea
| Lophocoronoidea |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Lophocoronidae
Common, 1973 |
| Genus: |
Lophocorona
Common, 1973 |
| Species |
- Lophocorona astiptica Common, 1973
- Lophocorona commoni Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
- Lophocorona flavicosta Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
- Lophocorona melanora Common, 1973
- Lophocorona pediasia Common, 1973
- Lophocorona robinsoni Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
|
| Diversity |
| about 6 species |
Lophocoronoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small, primitive nocturnal moths restricted to Australia whose biology is unknown (Common, 1990; Kristensen and Nielsen, 1996; Kristensen, 1999).
References
- Common, I.F.B., (1990). Moths of Australia. 535 pages.
- Kristensen, N.P. (1999). The homoneurous Glossata. Ch. 5, pp. 51-64 in Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
- Nielsen, E. S. and Kristensen, N. P. (1996). The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera Glossata. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 10: 1199-1302.Abstract
Sources
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
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