Mesoleuca

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]

Mesoleuca
Mesoleuca albicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Hydriomenini
Genus:	Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825

Species include

• Mesoleuca albicillata – beautiful carpet
• Mesoleuca gratulata – western white-ribboned carpet moth
• Mesoleuca ruficillata – white-ribboned carpet moth

See also

• Tony-2 (November 1, 2005). "Genus Mesoleuca - White-Ribboned Carpets". BugGuide. Retrieved May 7, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• "Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825". ITIS.