Axenus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Axenus arvalis, is found in the US states of California and Oregon. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Metoponiinae |
| Genus: | Axenus Grote, 1873 |
| Species: | A. arvalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Axenus arvalis Grote, 1873
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References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Axenus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 12, 2019). "Axenus Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Axenus Grote, 1873". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
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