Mesoleuca gratulata, known generally as the western white-ribboned carpet or half-white carpet moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
Genus: | Mesoleuca |
Species: | M. gratulata
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Binomial name | |
Mesoleuca gratulata (Walker, 1862)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Mesoleuca gratulata is 7308.[4]
Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Mesoleuca gratulata:
- Mesoleuca gratulata gratulata
- Mesoleuca gratulata latialbata Barnes & McDunnough
References
edit- ^ "Mesoleuca gratulata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Mesoleuca gratulata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Mesoleuca gratulata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Mesoleuca gratulata". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- Holloway, J. D. (1997). Family Geometridae, subfamilies Sterrhinae and Larentiinae. The Moths of Borneo. Vol. part 10. Southdene Sdn. Bhd. ISBN 978-9839991543.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
edit- Media related to Mesoleuca gratulata at Wikimedia Commons