Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is a suborder of the Lepidoptera, containing all members that have a coilable proboscis; i.e., it includes all butterflies and the vast majority of moth species. The only non-Glossatan moths are in the suborders Aglossata, Heterobathmiina, and Zeugloptera.

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, a clade of moths with a unique female reproductive system

• Heteroneura, 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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