Superfamily

Cossoidea (Carpenter, leopard, goat, and allied moths)

Synanthedon bibionipennis. Photo: (c) Benjamin Schwartz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Cossoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes carpenter moths and relatives. Like their likely sister group Sesioidea they are internal feeders and have spiny pupae with moveable segments to allow them to extrude out of their exit holes in stems and trunks during emergence of the adult (Edwards et al., 1999).

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Cossoidea (Carpenter, leopard, goat, and allied moths)
        Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing moths) (3)

Subtaxa

Family: Sesiidae (Clearwing moths)

Superfamily

Cossoidea (Carpenter, leopard, goat, and allied moths)

Subtaxa

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