Axenus

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Axenus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Metoponiinae
Genus: Axenus
Grote, 1873
Species:
A. arvalis
Binomial name
Axenus arvalis
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Axenus ochraceusH. Edwards, 1875
  • Axenus amplusH. Edwards, 1875

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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References

  1. 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.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 12, 2019). "Axenus Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Axenus Grote, 1873". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved October 24, 2020.