Scientific name Cossina Order Butterflies and moths | Clade Eulepidoptera Subsection CossinaMeyrick, 1907 Rank Section | |
Lower classifications Tortricidae, Cossidae, Drepanidae, Chilean moth, Rhopobota | ||
Cossina is the name for both a section and subsection of Ditrysian insects in order containing both butterflies and moths having a dorsal heart vessel. The section named cossina contains 2 subsections: one also named cossina (containing mostly smaller moths in the superfamilies Castnioidea, Cossoidea and Tortricoidea) having pupae with dorsal spines; and subsection Bombycina (containing generally larger sized moths and butterflies in the superfamilies Bombycoidea, Calliduloidea, Cimelioidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Noctuoidea, Papilionoidea and Uranioidea) having spineless pupae.
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