''Lophocorona commoni'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family
Lophocoronidae
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 unkno ...
. It was described by Nielsen and Kristensen in 1996, and is endemic to
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...
.
Australian Faunal Directory
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References
Moths described in 1996
Moths of Australia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Arthropods of Western Australia
Lophocoronoidea
Taxa named by Ebbe Nielsen
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