Glossata
Appearance
Glossata | |
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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
[edit]Glossata contains the following six Infraorders:
- Acanthoctesia, a small family of primitive moths
- Dacnonypha, a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region
- Exoporia, a clade of moths with a unique female reproductive system
- Heteroneura, a clade comprising 99% of all butterflies and moths
- Lophocoronina, a superfamily of moths restricted to a single genus in Australia
- Neopseustina, a small family of archaic bell moths
References
[edit]- ^ Lepidoptera, Zootaxa
External links
[edit]- Data related to Glossata at Wikispecies