{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mesothea incertata.jpg | image_caption = ''Mesothea incertata'' | taxon = Mesothea incertata | parent_authority = Warren, 1901 | authority = (Walker, 1863) }}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/geometroidea/geometridae/geometrinae/mesothea/ |title=''Mesothea'' Warren, 1901 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=April 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/> It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/>
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Mesothea incertata'' is 7085.<ref name=mpg/>
==Subspecies== It has two subspecies: * ''Mesothea incertata incertata'' <small>(Walker, 1863)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g</sup></span> * ''Mesothea incertata viridipennata'' <small>(Hulst, 1896)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span> <small>Data sources: i = ITIS,<ref name=itis/> c = Catalogue of Life,<ref name=catlife/> g = GBIF,<ref name=gbif/> b = Bugguide.net<ref name=bugref/></small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Mesothea incertata'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=189130 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=May 2, 2018 }}</ref> <ref name=mpg> {{Cite web| title=North American Moth Photographers Group, ''Mesothea incertata'' | url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7085 | accessdate=May 2, 2018 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Mesothea incertata'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a330962dc8e425f75361f6fb1d9ab3d9 | website=Catalogue of Life | accessdate=May 2, 2018 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Mesothea incertata'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1973487 | website=GBIF | accessdate=May 2, 2018 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Mesothea incertata'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/40965 | website=BugGuide | accessdate=May 2, 2018 }}</ref> }}
==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | last1 = Beadle | first1 = David | last2 = Leckie | first2 = Seabrooke | date = 2012 | title = Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America | publisher = Virginia Museum of Natural History | isbn = 0547238487 }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Covell | first1 = Charles V. Jr. | date = 2005 | title = A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America | series = Special Publication Number 12 | publisher = Virginia Museum of Natural History | isbn = 1-884549-21-7 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Ferguson | first1 = Douglas C. | date = 1969 | title = A revision of the moths of the subfamily Geometrinae of America north of Mexico (Insecta, Lepidoptera) | journal = Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University | volume = 29 | issn = 0079-032X }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Grote | first1 = Aug.R. | last2 = Robinson | first2 = C.T. | date = 1868 | title = List of the Lepidoptera of North America | url = https://archive.org/details/cihm_04389 | publisher = American Entomological Society }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Hausmann | first1 = Axel | editor-last1 = Hausmann | editor-first1 = Axel | date = 2001 | title = Introduction; Archiearinae, Orthostixinae, Desmobathrinae, Alsophilinae, Geometrinae | series = The Geometrid Moths of Europe | publisher = Apollo Books | volume = 1 | isbn = 8788757358 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Heppner | first1 = J.B. | date = 2003 | title = Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog | url = http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf | journal = Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas | publisher = Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | volume = 17 | issn = 0066-8036 | access-date = 2019-04-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423112356/http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf | archive-date = 2018-04-23 | url-status = dead }} * {{Cite book | editor-last1 = Hodges | editor-first1 = Ronald W. | date = 1983 | title = Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland | publisher = E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation | isbn = 9780860960164 }} * {{Cite report | last1 = Pohl | first1 = Greg | last2 = Patterson | first2 = Bob | last3 = Pelham | first3 = Jonathan | date = 2016 | title = Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico | doi = 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287 | doi-access = free }} * {{Cite book | last1 = Powell | first1 = Jerry A. | last2 = Opler | first2 = Paul A. | date = 2009 | title = Moths of Western North America | publisher = University of California Press | isbn = 9780520251977 }} * {{Cite journal | last1 = Yamamoto | first1 = Satoshi | last2 = Sota | first2 = Teiji | date = 2007 | title = Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes | journal = Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume = 44 | pages = 711–723 | issn = 1055-7903 }} {{refend}}
==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{Commons-inline |Mesothea incertata |''Mesothea incertata''}} {{refend}}
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