Lophocorona
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The genus Lophocorona is the only genus of the butterfly family Lophocoronidae and includes six species endemic to Australia .
features
The moths occur in Australia from west Perth to south Sydney . This family has the following characteristics: The external muscles of the labrum are absent, and the well-developed mandibles are also devoid of musculature. This means that the caterpillars , none of which have been discovered yet, must have immobile mandibles. The proboscis also has no muscles. A metanotum ( sclerotized back plate) is formed. The upper sides of the wings are not scaled. The animals have four Malpighian vessels that all open into the intestines . In the abdomen is the rope ladder nervous system with five pairs of ganglia and well-developed connections on the upper side.
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Australian moth family Lophocoronidae and the basal phylogeny of the Lepidoptera - Glossata. ES Nielsen and NP Kristensen, accessed August 7, 2007 .
literature
- IFR Common: A new Family of Dacnonypha (Lepidoptera) based on three new species from Southern Australia, with notes on the Agathiphagidae . Australian Journal of Entomology 12 (1): 11-23. doi : 10.1111 / j.1440-6055.1973.tb02150.x