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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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{{Speciesbox
| genus = Axenus
| species = arvalis
| parent_authority = [[Augustus Radcliffe Grote|Grote]], 1873
| authority = Grote, 1873
| display_parents = 2
| synonyms =
*''Axenus ochraceus'' <small>H. Edwards, 1875</small>
*''Axenus amplus'' <small>H. Edwards, 1875</small>
}}
'''''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 [[Species description|first described]] by [[Augustus Radcliffe Grote]] in 1873.<ref>{{LepIndex |id=263518 |accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 12, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/stiriinae/axenus/ |title=''Axenus'' Grote, 1873 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=3400.0 |title=''Axenus'' Grote, 1873 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[[Natural History Museum, London]] |accessdate=October 24, 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:Acronictinae]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
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