COSSIDAE
(goat and leopard moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)
SuperfamilyCOSSOIDEA (goat and leopard moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1985 Cossidae to Helionidinidae (vol 2) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 2, 460pp, Harley Books

COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)
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