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2. Biologie
2.1. Nahrung der Raupe
Noch unbekannt! Common (1973: 18) kann nur schreiben: "Biology. - The early stages of Lophocoronidae, as well as of Mnesarchaeidae and Neopseustidae, are still unknown." Und dann schildert er seine Erwartungshaltung: "The information already available on the leaf-mining habits of Eriocraniidae and on the seed-inhabiting larvae of Agathiphaga might suggest that the larvae of Lophocorona will prove to be internal feeders. The occurrence of the Lophocoronidae in areas receiving an annual rainfall of 10 to 25 inches (254 to 635 mm) would necessitate adaptations to extreme desiccation, especially in the more arid environments where the rain falls extremely intermittently. Larval diapause is strongly developed even in Eriocraniidae, which are found in temperate deciduous forest environments, and in Agathiphagidae, found in rain forest."
3. Weitere Informationen
3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)
Common (1973: 21) erläutert per Fußnote: "πεδίασία - of the plain".
3.2. Taxonomie
Common (1973) beschreibt nicht nur 3 neue Arten, sondern stellt für sie auch eine neue Gattung auf: Lophocorona. Und weil diese Gattung (in Bezug auf Flügelgeäder, Mundwerkzeuge und männliche Genitalien) in keine der basalen Familien der Unterordnung Glossata passen will, beschreibt er gleich noch eine neue Familie: Lophocoronidae. Lophocorona pediasia ist dabei Typus der Gattung und damit auch der Familie.
3.3. Faunistik
Alle drei neu beschriebenen Arten sind in ihrer Verbreitung auf den Süden Australiens beschränkt. Konkret zu Lophocorona pediasia schreibt Common (1973: 21): "Known so far only from a narrow low-rainfall belt adjacent to the Great Australian Bight, from 230 km west of the South Australia-Western Australia border to 265 km east of that border." Bei [butterflyhouse.com.au (abgefragt 12. November 2022)] heißt es: "The species is found only in the arid inland areas of the southern half of Australia".
3.4. Typenmaterial
Common (1973: 21) teilte mit: "Types. - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Holotype ♂ (genitalia slide No. H278) and 18 ♂ paratypes labelled “28 miles W. of Madura, W.A., 30 April 1968, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton”; SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 3 ♂ paratypes labelled “25 miles E. of Eucla, W.A., 1 May 1968, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton”; 2 paratypes labelled “58 miles E. of Nullarbor, S.A., 2 May 1968, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton”. Holotype and 13 paratypes in Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra; 2 paratypes each deposited in British Museum (Natural History) and in Zoological Museum, Copenhagen; 1 paratype each in National Museum of Natural History, Washington, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australian Museum, Sydney, National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, and Western Australian Museum, Perth."
(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)
3.5. Literatur
- Erstbeschreibung: Common, I.F.B. (1973): A new family of Dacnonympha (Lepidoptera) based on three new species from Southern Australia, with notes on the Agathiphagidae. — Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 12: 11-23. [PDF auf onlinelibrary.wiley.com]
