Lophocoronoidea
Monogeneric superfamily of moths
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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: | |
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| Lophocorona commoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Coelolepida |
| Infraorder: | Lophocoronina Common, 1990 |
| Superfamily: | Lophocoronoidea Common, 1973 |
| Family: | Lophocoronidae Common, 1973 |
| Genus: | Lophocorona Common, 1973 |
| Species | |
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| 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
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