Isogona tenuis

Species of moth

Isogona tenuis

Scientific classification
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[edit]

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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6085769
* BAMONA: Isogona-tenuis
* BOLD: 10283
* BugGuide: 10856
* EoL: 554733
* GBIF: 1790945
* iNaturalist: 222344
* IRMNG: 10731514
* ITIS: 939180
* LepIndex: 285697
* MONA: 8493
* NCBI: 691647

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