Lophocorona pediasia

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

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

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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