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

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