Glossata
Suborder of moths and butterflies
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The coiled proboscis of a butterfly | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) |
Infraorders | |
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Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is a suborder of the Lepidoptera, containing all members that have a coilable proboscis; i.e., it includes all butterflies and the vast majority of moth species. The only non-Gloassatan moths are in the suborders Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, and Zeugloptera.[1]
Taxonomy
Glossata contains the following six infraorders:
- Acanthsoctesia
- Dacnonypha
- Exoporia
- Heteroneura
- Lophocoronina
- Neopseustina
References
- ^ Lepidoptera, Zootaxa
External links
- Data related to Glossata at Wikispecies
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Extant Lepidoptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Holometabola
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