Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Proternia
Species: P. philocapna
Binomial name: Proternia philocapna
Proternia philocapna is a small (18 mm wingspan) New Zealand moth, a member of the grass moth family Crambidae, first described by Meyrick in 1884.
