Mesothea Explained

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] It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Mesothea incertata is 7085.

Subspecies

It has two subspecies:

• Mesothea incertata incertata (Walker, 1863)

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• Mesothea incertata viridipennata (Hulst, 1896)

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Beadle . David. Leckie . Seabrooke. 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 0547238487.
• Book: Covell . Charles V. Jr.. 2005. A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Special Publication Number 12. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 1-884549-21-7.
• Ferguson . Douglas C.. 1969. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. 29. 0079-032X.
• Book: Grote . Aug.R.. Robinson . C.T.. 1868. List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society.
• Book: Hausmann . Axel. Hausmann . Axel. 2001. Introduction; Archiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae. The Geometrid Moths of Europe. Apollo Books. 1. 8788757358.
• Heppner. J.B.. 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. 0066-8036. 2019-04-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423112356/http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf. 2018-04-23. dead.
• Book: Hodges . Ronald W.. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 9780860960164.
• Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.
• Book: Powell . Jerry A.. Opler . Paul A.. 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. 9780520251977.
• Yamamoto . Satoshi. Sota . Teiji. 2007. Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44. 711–723. 1055-7903.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Mesothea Warren, 1901 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 15, 2019.