Proxenus (moth)

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]

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

Species

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.


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