Mesothea

Mesothea is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Warren in 1901. Its only species, Mesothea incertata, the day emerald or plain emerald, was first described by Walker in 1863.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It is found in North America.^[2]

Mesothea
Mesothea incertata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Mesothea Warren, 1901
Species:	M. incertata
Binomial name
Mesothea incertata (Walker, 1863)

The MONA or Hodges number for Mesothea incertata is 7085.^[6]

Subspecies

It has two subspecies:

• Mesothea incertata incertata (Walker, 1863) ^{i g}
• Mesothea incertata viridipennata (Hulst, 1896) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[2] c = Catalogue of Life,^[3] g = GBIF,^[4] b = Bugguide.net^[5]