Athetis reclusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862.

[1] The habitat consists of open areas from sea level up to 1,200 meters.

[3] Male with a cleft corneous ridge clothed with scales on vertex of head.

There is a prominent ochreous postmedial line slightly curved from the costa to vein 2, which is non-waved.

[4] The larvae feed on the leaves of Brassica species, as well as Arachis hypogaea.