Mesoleuca
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| Mesoleuca | |
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| File:Mesoleuca albicillata.jpg | |
| Mesoleuca albicillata | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825 |
Mesoleuca is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.[1] The name is derived from the Greek mesos (middle) and leucos (white) in reference to the white area in the middle of the forewing.[2]
Species include
[edit | edit source]- Mesoleuca albicillata – beautiful carpet
- Mesoleuca gratulata – western white-ribboned carpet moth
- Mesoleuca ruficillata – white-ribboned carpet moth
See also
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- "Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825". ITIS.
References
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