Proxenus (moth)

{{Short description|Genus of moths}}

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| image = Proxenus miranda – Miranda Moth (14443151658).jpg

| image_caption = Proxenus miranda

| taxon = Proxenus

| authority = Herrich-Schäffer, 1850

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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,{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=24332.0 |title=Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=October 24, 2020}} but re-instated in 2010.{{Cite journal |title=Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico |date=2010 |last1=Lafontaine |first1=J. Donald |last2=Schmidt |first2=B. Christian |name-list-style=amp |journal=ZooKeys |issue=40 |pages=127–147 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.40.414 |doi-access=free}}