Ircila
Genus of moths
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Ircila is a monotypic moth genus in the family Castniidae described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1918. Its single species, Ircila hecacte, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1854.[1] It is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
| Ircila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Castniidae |
| Genus: | Ircila Houlbert, 1918 |
| Species: | I. hecacte |
| Binomial name | |
| Ircila hecacte (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) | |
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