Irakia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its only species, Irakia simplicialis, described by Walter Rothschild in 1921, is found in Iraq.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Irakia Amsel, 1955 |
| Species: | I. simplicialis
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| Irakia simplicialis (Rothschild, 1921)
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References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Irakia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
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