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]

Glossata
The coiled proboscis of a butterfly
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Infraorders

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Taxonomy

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Glossata contains the following six Infraorders:

References

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  1. ^ Lepidoptera, Zootaxa
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