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Isogona tenuis
Scientific 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. 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). 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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