Glossata

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Glossata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorders

Glossata is a suborder of the insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable proboscis (see also suborders Zeugloptera, Aglossata and Heterobathmiina).