COSSIDAE
(goat and leopard moths)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Zeuzera pyrina Leopard Moth					Species		25 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)
Superfamily	COSSOIDEA (goat and leopard moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

COSSIDAE is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
()	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:

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COSSIDAE (goat and leopard moths)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

COSSIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)