{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Proxenus miranda – Miranda Moth (14443151658).jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | taxon = Proxenus miranda | authority = (Grote, 1873)<ref>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9647 mothphotographersgroup]</ref> | synonyms = *''Caradrina miranda'' <small>Grote, 1873</small> *''Athetis miranda'' *''Caradrina nitens'' <small>Dyar, 1904</small> }}

'''''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.<ref>[http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-noctuinae/tribe-caradrinini/proxenus/proxenus-miranda/ Pacific Northwest Moths]</ref>

The wingspan is about 23–27&nbsp;mm.<ref>[http://bugguide.net/node/view/21028 Bug Guide]</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Anweiler, G. G. |date=April 26, 2004 |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4566 |title=Species Details: ''Proxenus miranda'' |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref> Adults are on wing from May to October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including ''Taraxacum'', ''Fragaria'' and ''Medicago'' species.

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Category:Moths described in 1873 Category:Caradrinini Category:Moths of North America

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