Glossata
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| Plume moth from family Pterophoridae on Boerhavia diffusa in Hyderabad, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) |
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Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is the suborder of the insect order Lepidoptera that contains most lepidopteran species and includes all the superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable proboscis. (See also the suborders Zeugloptera, Aglossata, and Heterobathmiina).[1]
References[]
- ^ Lepidoptera, Zootaxa
External links[]
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