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Cossoidea

Insecta - Lepidoptera

Taxonomy
Cossoidea was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apoditrysia by van Nieukerken et al. (2011), Sohn et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Cossoidea Leach
2011Cossoidea van Nieukerken et al. p. 215
2012Cossoidea Sohn et al. p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAmphiesmenopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Metamphiesmenoptera
—Euamphiesmenoptera
—Panendymenoptera
—Endymenoptera
—Stelloptera
orderLepidoptera
—Angiospermivora
suborderGlossata()
—CoelolepidaNielsen and Kristensen 1996
infraorderHeteroneuraTillyard 1918
—EulepidopteraKiriakoff 1948
—Euheteroneura
—DitrysiaBorner 1925
—ApoditrysiaMinet 1983
superfamilyCossoideaLeach 1815
superfamilyCossoideaLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Cossoidea Leach 1815
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Fm. Castniidae Boisduval 1828
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G. †Dominickus Tindale 1985
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†Dominickus castnioides Tindale 1985
Fm. Cossidae Leach 1815 [carpenter moth]
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G. †Gurnetia Cockerell 1921
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†Gurnetia durranti Cockerell 1921
G. †Kleopathra Martins-Neto 1998
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†Kleopathra nemogypsia Martins-Neto 1998
†Kleopathra noctodiva Martins-Neto 1998
Fm. Sesiidae Boisduval 1828
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Subfm. Tinthiinae Le Cerf 1917
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Invalid names: Paraglosseciini Gorbunov and Eitschberger 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Badenian or 37.00000 to 12.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gurnetia durranti (123960)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dominickus castnioides (122981)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Brazil Kleopathra noctodiva, Kleopathra nemogypsia (153054)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary Paraglosseciini indet. (275894)