Mesoleuca
Sign in to saveMesoleuca is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. The name is derived from the Greek mesos (middle) and leucos (white) in reference to the white area in the middle of the forewing.
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It sits within the topics Larentiini, LepIndex ID same as Wikidata and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geometridae
- Image
- Mesoleuca albicillata.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mesoleuca
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Mesoleuca
- Commons category
- Mesoleuca
- taxon common name
- White-Ribboned Carpets
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Mesoleuca is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. The name is derived from the Greek mesos (middle) and leucos (white) in reference to the white area in the middle of the forewing.
==Species include== Mesoleuca albicillata – beautiful carpet Mesoleuca gratulata – western white-ribboned carpet moth Mesoleuca ruficillata – white-ribboned carpet moth
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