Isogona tenuis

Isogona tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Isogona
Species:
I. tenuis
Binomial name
Isogona tenuis
(Grote, 1872)

Isogona tenuis, the thin-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872.[1] It is found from Ontario, Wisconsin, Ohio and New Jersey, south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 28–30 millimetres (1.1–1.2 in).[2] Adults are on wing from May to August in the north and from April to October in the south.

The larvae feed on Celtis species.

References

  1. ^ "930734.00 – 8493 – Isogona tenuis – Thin-lined Owlet Moth – (Grote, 1872)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ^ McLeod, Robin (March 12, 2013). "Species Isogona tenuis - Thin-lined Owlet - Hodges#8493". BugGuide. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  • Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.


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