Glossata

Glossata
Plume moth from family Pterophoridae on Boerhavia diffusa in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorders

Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is the suborder of the insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable proboscis. (See also the suborders Zeugloptera, Aglossata, and Heterobathmiina).[1]

References

  1. Lepidoptera, Zootaxa

External links

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