Lophocoronoidea
Lophocoronoidea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata |
Infraorder: | Lophocoronina Common, 1990 |
Superfamily: | Lophocoronoidea Common, 1973 |
Family: | Lophocoronidae Common, 1973 |
Genus: | Lophocorona Common, 1973 |
Species | |
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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
External links
- Tree of Life
- Lophocorona at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Australian Lophocoronidae
- Lophocorona pediasia
- Australia's lophocoronid moths: evolution and conservation
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