Proxenus is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1850. The genus was included within Athetis by Robert W. Poole in 1989,[1] but re-instated in 2010.[2]
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| Proxenus miranda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subtribe: | Athetiina |
| Genus: | Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 |
Species edit
- Proxenus mendosa (McDunnough, 1927)
- Proxenus mindara (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
- Proxenus miranda (Grote, 1873)
References edit
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer, 1850". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–147. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.