Glaucacna

Glaucacna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Agonoxeninae
Genus:	Glaucacna ; Forbes, 1931
Species:	G. iridea
Binomial name
	Glaucacna iridea; Forbes, 1931
Synonyms
	GlaucagnaGaede, 1937 (incorrect subsequent spelling);

Last updated December 28, 2025

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]

References

↑ 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.

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[1] 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.

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