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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) and Sohn et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Panorpida
RankNameAuthor
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available