Lophocoronoidea Explained

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.
• Book: Kristensen, Niels P. . 5. The Homoneurous Glossata . 1998-12-31 . De Gruyter . 978-3-11-015704-8 . Kükenthal . Willy . . 51–64 . The homoneurous Glossata . 10.1515/9783110804744.51.
• Nielsen . Es . Kristensen . Np . 1996 . The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera  - Glossata . Invertebrate Systematics . en . 10 . 6 . 1199 . 10.1071/IT9961199 . 1445-5226.

Sources

• Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole,, 2002

External links

• Tree of Life
  • Australian Lophocoronidae
• Lophocorona pediasia
• Australia's lophocoronid moths: evolution and conservation

Notes and References

1. 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. en. 44. 29–56. 10.3897/nl.44.52350. 233673867 . 2367-5365. free.