Cossina

Cossina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Section:	Cossina
Subsection:	Cossina Meyrick, 1907

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) having pupae with dorsal spines; and subsection Bombycina (containing generally larger sized moths and butterflies) having spineless pupae^[1].

See also

• Taxonomy of Lepidoptera

Sources

• Capinera, John, editor (2008), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed., Springer Verlag, New York.

References

1. ^ page 664 of Capinera

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