Day Emerald Moth

Mesothea incertata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae

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. It is found in North America.

Distribution

Day Emerald Moth — (c) Susan Blayney, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Blayney · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 80United States of America · 34

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Susan Blayney, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Susan Blayney · CC-BY DescriptionMesothea, Wikipedia contributors

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