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Suborder of moths and butterflies
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:
References
- ^ Lepidoptera, Zootaxa
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