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Mesothea Warren, 1901
Mesothea Warren, 1901; Novit. zool. 8 : 446, TS: Nemoria incertata Walker
Chlorochroma Gumppenberg, 1895; (preocc. Duponchel, 1845)
= ; [NACL, 99]
Mesothea (Hemitheini) ; [NACL, 99]; [MNA18.1, 11, 125]

Mesothea incertata (Walker, [1863])
-. See [About maps] Nemoria incertata Walker, [1863]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 26: 1557, TL: St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Ontario
Mesothea incertata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Mesothea incertata, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Mesothea incertata ; [NACL, #7085]; [MNA18.1: 127, pl. 4, f. 84-91]
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota, Labrador, Northwest Territories, Alaska Nemoria oporaria Zeller, 1872; Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 22 : 481, TL: Northern North America
= Mesothea incertata ; [NACL, #7085]
= ; [MNA18.1, 128]
Mesothea incertata incertata ; [MNA18.1: 128, f. 31d, 32d-f, 32l, pl. 4, f. 84-88]

Larva on Salix, S. bebbiana, S. discolor, Fragaria, Myrica asplenifolia, Betula populifolia, Vaccinium corymbosum [MNA18.1, 128]

M. i. viridipennata (Hulst, 1896)
S.Alberta - Colorado, Utah, Nevada, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California Eucrostis viridipennata Hulst, 1896; Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 314, TL: Colorado
Thamnonoma marinaria Strecker, 1899; Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 2 : 9, TL: Seattle, Washington
= ; [NACL, #7085a]; [MNA18.1, 128]
Mesothea incertata viridipennata ; [NACL, #7085a]; [MNA18.1: 128, f. 26f, 31b, 32g, pl. 4, f. 89-91]

Larva on Ribes, Shepherdia, Alnus, Salix, Betula, Amelanchier florida, Geum macrophyllum [MNA18.1, 129]



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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MNA18.1]
Ferguson, 1985; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 18.1; GEOMETROIDEA; Geometridae (Part)
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico


Some related literature:
Hulst, 1896
Classification of the Geometrina of North America with descriptions of new genera and species Trans. Am. ent. Soc. 23 : 245-386, pl. 10-11
Strecker, 1899
Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 2 : 1-11
Walker, [1863]
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 20: 1-276 (1860), 21: 277-498 (1860), 22: 499-755 (1861), 23: 757-1020 (1861), 24: 1021-1280 (1862), 25: 1281-1477 (1862), 26: 1478-1796 ([1863])
Warren, 1901
New American moths Novit. zool. 8 : 435-492
Zeller, 1872
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Nachtfälter, besonders der Microlepidopteren (1) Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 22 : 447-566, pl. 2-3


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