Paradoxica proxima

Paradoxica proxima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micronoctuidae
Genus: Paradoxica
Species: P. proxima
Binomial name
Paradoxica proxima
Fibiger, 2011

Paradoxica proxima is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in south-eastern China and northern Vietnam.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are short and very broad and the ground colour is brown. There are blackish-brown patches basally at the costa and in the quadrangular upper medial area. The crosslines are weakly marked and dark brown. The terminal line is indicated only by darker interveinal dots. The hindwing ground colour is dark grey with a discal spot.

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