Western White Ribboned Carpet

Mesoleuca gratulata Walker 1862

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Mesoleuca gratulata (Western White Ribboned Carpet) is a species of Lepidoptera in the family geometrid moths. They visit flowers of purple leptotaenia, spreading gooseberry, snowqueen, and milkmaids.

EOL has data for 9 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Cardamine californica (Nutt.) Greene (milkmaids)
feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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biting-chewing mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
- Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (Ait.) Cronq. (arctic sweet coltsfoot)
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Veronica regina-nivalis M. M. Mart. Ort. & Albach (snowqueen)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Lomatium columbianum Mathias & Constance (purple leptotaenia)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Western White-Ribboned Carpet. View this species on GBIF

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