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Glossata

Glossata \Glos*sa"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Glossa.] (Zo["o]l.) The Lepidoptera.

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Glossata

Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is the suborder of the insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable proboscis. (See also the suborders Zeugloptera, Aglossata, and Heterobathmiina).