Lophocorona pediasia

Lophocorona pediasia is a moth of the family Lophocoronidae. It was described by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1973[1] and is endemic to the arid inland areas of the southern half of Australia.

Lophocorona pediasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lophocoronidae
Genus: Lophocorona
Species:
L. pediasia
Binomial name
Lophocorona pediasia
Common, 1973

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[2]

References

  1. Ian F.B. Common, "A new family of Dacnonypha (Lepidoptera) based on three new species from southern Australia, with notes on the Agathiphagidae", Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, Volume 12 (1973), p. 21.
  2. Australian Insects


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