| Lophocoronoidea Temporal range:
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| Lophocorona commoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Coelolepida |
| 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 order Lepidoptera. There is a single extant genus, Lophocorona, in the family Lophocoronidae. These are small, primitive nocturnal moths restricted to Australia whose biology is largely unknown (Common, 1990; Kristensen and Nielsen, 1996; Kristensen, 1999).
A fossil genus Acanthocorona is known from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the early Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, approximately 99 million years ago.[1]
Fossil species[edit]
- Acanthocorona Mey, Léger & Lien, 2021
- A. skalskii (type)
- A. muelleri
- A. bowangi
- A. wichardi
- A. kuranishii
- A. sattleri
- A. spinifera
References[edit]
- ^ Mey, Wolfram; Léger, Théo; Lien, Vu Van (2021-10-03). "New taxa of extant and fossil primitive moths in South-East Asia and their biogeographic significance (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae, Agathiphagidae, Lophocoronidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 44(): 29–56. doi:10.3897/nl.44.52350. ISSN 2367-5365. S2CID 233673867.
- Common, I.F.B., (1990). Moths of Australia. 535 pages.
- Kristensen, Niels P. (1998-12-31). "The homoneurous Glossata". In Kükenthal, Willy (ed.). 5. The Homoneurous Glossata. Handbuch der Zoologie. De Gruyter. pp. 51–64. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.51. ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8.
- Nielsen, Es; Kristensen, Np (1996). "The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera – Glossata". Invertebrate Systematics. 10 (6): 1199. doi:10.1071/IT9961199. ISSN 1445-5226.
Sources[edit]
- Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
External links[edit]
- Tree of Life
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Lophocorona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Australian Lophocoronidae
- Lophocorona pediasia
- Australia's lophocoronid moths: evolution and conservation