Lophocoronoidea

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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).

Lophocoronoidea
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Lophocorona commoni
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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
Diversity
about 6 species

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

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

References

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  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. 44(): 29–56. doi:10.3897/nl.44.52350. ISSN 2367-5365. S2CID 233673867.

Sources

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