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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lophocorona commoni
Scientific classification
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

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, 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

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• 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

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