Proxenus (moth)

Proxenus
Proxenus miranda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subtribe:	Athetiina
Genus:	Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer, 1850

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]

Species

• Proxenus mendosa (McDunnough, 1927)
• Proxenus mindara (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
• Proxenus miranda (Grote, 1873)

References

1. 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.
2. 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.