Athetis tenuis explained

Athetis tenuis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from all of Australia, including Norfolk Island as well as New Zealand.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the stems of young Gossypium species.

Taxonomy

Athetix tenuis was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886 as Radinogoes tenuis from specimens collected at Peak Downs and Rockhampton in Queensland.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Butler. A. G.. 1886. XV. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 4. 381–441. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1886.tb01633.x. Biodiversity Heritage Library.