Mesoleuca
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| Mesoleuca | |
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| Mesoleuca albicillata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hydriomenini |
| Genus: | Mesoleuca Hübner, 1825 |
Mesoleuca is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.[1] The name is derived from the Greek mesos (middle) and leucos (white) in reference to the white area in the middle of the forewing.[2]