Family LOPHOCORONIDAE
Compiler and date details
28 June 2007 - E.D. (Ted) Edwards, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia
Introduction
This family is endemic to southern temperate dry sclerophyll forest and mallee areas from west of Coolgardie, WA east to Canberra, ACT and Wilton, near Wollongong, NSW.
The family, originally including three species, was first described by Common (1973b). A total of six species are now known and these have been described in a review of the taxonomy, morphology and phylogenetic position of the family (Nielsen & Kristensen 1996).
General References
Common, I.F.B. 1973. 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 12: 11-23
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |