Myoglossata is 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 ...

within suborder Glossata within order

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 ...

, the butterflies and

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s. It contains the family Neopseustidae and the clade

Neolepidoptera Neolepidoptera () is a clade within Myoglossata in suborder Glossata of order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They ...

. Myoglossata is considered a

, that is, a group of organisms made up of a single common ancestor and all of its descendants. They are distinguished by "intrinsic mouthparts". These added intrinsic galeal muscles are unique to the Myoglossata and developed after the galeae changed to form sucking parts.Krenn, H. W., Kristensen, N. P. 2007. Evolution of proboscis musculature in Lepidoptera. ''European Journal of Entomology'', 2004 (Vol. 101) (No. 4) 565-575.

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Glossata Protostome unranked clades Coelolepida {{Glossata-stub