Prasinoxena

Prasinoxena is a genus of moths in the family Pyralidae. The genus was created by Edward Meyrick in 1894.^[1]

Prasinoxena
Prasinoxena metaleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Pyraloidea
Family:	Pyralidae
Subfamily:	Galleriinae
Tribe:	Tirathabini
Genus:	Prasinoxena Meyrick, 1894

Distribution and habitat

Species in the genus are found across India and the Indonesian archipelago.^[2]

Species

The genus Prasinoxena contains six species:^[3]

• Prasinoxena astroteles
• Prasinoxena bilineella (Hampson, 1901)
• Prasinoxena hemisema (Meyrick, 1894)
• Prasinoxena metaleuca (Hampson, 1912)
• Prasinoxena monospila (Meyrick, 1894)
• Prasinoxena viridissima (Swinhoe, 1903)