Glossata
Suborder of moths and butterflies
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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-Glossatan moths are in the suborders Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, and Zeugloptera.[1]
| Glossata | |
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| The coiled proboscis of a butterfly | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) |
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Taxonomy
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
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