''Glaucacna'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

moth genus in the family

Agonoxenidae The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...

which was described by

William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885, Westborough, Westborough, Massachusetts – April 12, 1968, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Works Partial list: Coleoptera ...

in 1931. Its only species, ''Glaucacna iridea'', described in the same article, is found in

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

References

Agonoxeninae Moths of the Caribbean Monotypic moth genera Taxa named by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes {{Agonoxenidae-stub