Glaucacna is a monotypic moth genus in the family Agonoxenidae which was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1931. Its only species, Glaucacna iridea, described in the same article, is found in Puerto Rico.[1]
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| Family: | Agonoxenidae (disputed)
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| Genus: | Glaucacna Forbes, 1931
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| Species: | G. iridea
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| Glaucacna iridea Forbes, 1931
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Glaucacna iridea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.