Lophocoronoidea

Lophocoronoidea Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lophocorona commoni
Scientific classification
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
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 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

• Acanthocorona Mey, Léger & Lien, 2021
  • A. skalskii (type)
  • A. muelleri
  • A. bowangi
  • A. wichardi
  • A. kuranishii
  • A. sattleri
  • A. spinifera

References

• 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

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002

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