Proxenus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subtribe: | Athetiina |
Genus: | Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer |
Proxenus is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was included within Athetis by Poole in 1989, but re-instated in 2010.
A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other families of the Noctuoidea. It was considered the largest family in Lepidoptera for a long time, but after regrouping Lymantriinae, Catocalinae and Calpinae within the family Erebidae, the latter holds this title now. Currently, Noctuidae is the second largest family in Noctuoidea, with about 1,089 genera and 11,772 species. However, this classification is still contingent, as more changes continue to appear between Noctuidae and Erebidae.
Proxenus mendosa is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Proxenus mindara, the rough-skinned cutworm moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913 and it is found in North America.
Proxenus miranda, the miranda moth or glistening rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of North America, where it has been recorded south through California to Arizona and in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado in the west. In the east it is found from southern Canada to South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. The habitat consists of moist, open forests and grasslands.
Procloeon is a genus of small minnow mayflies in the family Baetidae. There are at least 20 described species in Procloeon.
Xubida is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Noctueliopsis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Anarta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Aseptis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Athetis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Grotella is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Homorthodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Oncocnemis was a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae; it is now considered a synonym of Sympistis
Ponometia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Sympistis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Anacamptodes is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by McDunnough in 1920. There are around 40 species within the genus, although a number have been reassigned to the genus Iridopsis.
Digrammia was a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Carl Freiherr von Gumppenberg in 1887. It is now often considered a synonym of Semiothisa.
Hydriomena is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Stenoporpia is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by James Halliday McDunnough in 1920.
Leucrocuta is a genus of mayflies in the family Heptageniidae.
Ursia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae, the prominents. The genus was erected by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1911.
Ameletus is a genus of mayfly and the type genus of the family Ameletidae.
Siphlonurus is a genus of primitive minnow mayflies in the family Siphlonuridae. There are more than 40 described species in Siphlonurus.
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