Myoglossata

Myoglossata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Clade:	Coelolepida
Clade:	Myoglossata
Subdivisions
	Infraorder Neopseustina; Clade Neolepidoptera Infraorder Exoporia; Infraorder Heteroneura; ;

Myoglossata is a clade within suborder Glossata within order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. It contains the family Neopseustidae and the clade Neolepidoptera.[1] Myoglossata is considered a clade, that is, a group of organisms made up of a single common ancestor and all of its descendants. They are distinguished by "intrinsic mouthparts".[2] These added intrinsic galeal muscles are unique to the Myoglossata and developed after the galeae changed to form sucking parts.[3]

References

"Clade: Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981 (moth)", The Taxonomicon, retrieved 2016-12-19
Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue and keys to family group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14, 264 pages. Published 23 Sep 1988. Online. October 6, 2007.
Krenn, H. W., Kristensen, N. P. 2007. Evolution of proboscis musculature in Lepidoptera. European Journal of Entomology, 2004 (Vol. 101) (No. 4) 565-575.

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[1] "Clade: Myoglossata Kristensen & Nielsen, 1981 (moth)", The Taxonomicon, retrieved 2016-12-19

[2] Dugdale, J. S. 1988. Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue and keys to family group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand 14, 264 pages. Published 23 Sep 1988. Online. October 6, 2007.

[3] Krenn, H. W., Kristensen, N. P. 2007. Evolution of proboscis musculature in Lepidoptera. European Journal of Entomology, 2004 (Vol. 101) (No. 4) 565-575.