Isogona tenuis
Appearance
Isogona tenuis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Isogona |
Species: | I. tenuis
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Binomial name | |
Isogona tenuis (Grote, 1872)
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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]- ^ "930734.00 – 8493 – Isogona tenuis – Thin-lined Owlet Moth – (Grote, 1872)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ 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.