Glossata ( Fabricius, 1775) is a suborder of the

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

, containing all members that have a coilable

proboscis A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular arthropod mouthparts, mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a pr ...

; i.e., it includes all butterflies and the vast majority of moth

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

. The only non-Glossatan moths are in the suborders Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, and Zeugloptera.Lepidoptera
Zootaxa

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 The Exoporia are a group of primitive Lepidoptera comprising the superfamilies Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea.Nielsen, E.S., Robinson, G.S. and Wagner, D.L. 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (M ...

, a

clade In biology, a clade (), also known as a Monophyly, monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that is composed of a common ancestor and all of its descendants. Clades are the fundamental unit of cladistics, a modern approach t ...

of moths with a unique female reproductive system *

Heteroneura Heteroneura is a natural group (or clade) in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths. This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia The Exoporia are a group of primitive Lepidoptera comprising ...

, 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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* Insect suborders {{Glossata-stub