Mesoleuca
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| image = Mesoleuca albicillata.jpg
| image_caption = Mesoleuca albicillata
| taxon = Mesoleuca
| authority = Hübner, 1825
}}
Mesoleuca is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.{{LepIndex |id=225014 |accessdate=May 7, 2019}} The name is derived from the Greek mesos (middle) and leucos (white) in reference to the white area in the middle of the forewing.{{cite web |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/13932/tree |title=Genus Mesoleuca - White-Ribboned Carpets |website=BugGuide |access-date=May 7, 2019}}
Species include
- Mesoleuca albicillata – beautiful carpet
- Mesoleuca gratulata – western white-ribboned carpet moth
- Mesoleuca ruficillata – white-ribboned carpet moth
See also
- {{cite web |last=Tony-2 |date=November 1, 2005 |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/13932/ |title=Genus Mesoleuca - White-Ribboned Carpets |website=BugGuide |access-date=May 7, 2019}}
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=189220 "Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825"]. ITIS.