Lophocoronoidea

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