- Lophocoronoidea
Taxobox
name = Lophocoronoidea
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
superordo =Amphiesmenoptera
ordo =Lepidoptera
subordo =Glossata
infraordo =Lophocoronina Common, 1990
superfamilia = Lophocoronoidea
familia =Lophocoronidae Common, 1973
diversity = about 6 species
diversity_link = Lepidopteran diversity
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Lophocorona astiptica Lophocorona commoni Lophocorona flavicosta Lophocorona melanora Lophocorona robinsoni 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. [http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IT9961199.htm Abstract]ources
*"Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders", edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002
External links
* [http://tolweb.org/Lophocoronidae Tree of Life]
* [http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/loph/lophocoronidae.html Australian Lophocoronidae]
* [http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/loph/pedias.html Lophocorona pediasia]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19990219233109/http://www.ento.csiro.au/research/natres/anicnews/anicnews10_12.html Australia's lophocoronid moths: evolution and conservation]
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