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Checklist for Suborder Glossata Fabricius, 1775 (Modern butterflies and moths)
and region Mesozoic (Phanerozoic)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		1017
3496
5650		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		1014
3490
5645		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		880
3220
5265		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		469
1975
3397		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths		33
165
232		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths		28
156
224		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mesozoic
8 Families width 224 Species and 16 Subspecies
Crambidae Latreille, 1810Crambid Snout Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths9SpeciesTaxom
Eriocraniidae Rebel, 1901Eriocraniid moths0SpeciesTaxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815Cankerworm moths32SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths3SpeciesTaxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815Admirals60SpeciesTaxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802Apollos1SpeciesTaxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802Flour Moths2SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Glossata with occurrences in Mesozoic
InfraorderDacnonypha
Hinton, 1946
2
3
7		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

InfraorderHeteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
26
153
217		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom