''Isogona tenuis'', the thin-lined owlet, is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The species was
first described by
Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found from
Ontario,
Wisconsin,
Ohio and
New Jersey, south to
Florida and
Texas.
The
wingspan is .
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
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Boletobiinae
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1872
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