Berta chrysolineata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Hemitheini |
| Genus: | Berta |
| Species: | B. chrysolineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Berta chrysolineata Walker, [1863] | |
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Berta chrysolineata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is widespread from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to the Solomons.
Description
The wingspan is about 20–26 mm. Hind wings of male with the outer margin excised between veins 6 and 4. Veins 3,4 stalked. Hind tibia of male dilated with a fold and tuft and two pairs on spurs. Hind wings of female excised. An olive green moth with rufous frons. Vertex of head whitish. Abdomen with white dorsal spots. Wings with many irregular white spots often conjoined into bands. Fore wings with spots at base and end of cell. Antemedial, oblique medial, sinous submarginal and almost marginal series of spots. Hind wings with spots on basal area and end of cell. A curved medial series, and sinous postmedial and submarginal series. Ventral side white.[1]
Larvae have been recorded on Ricinus communis. Other food plants may include Nephelium species.[2]
Subspecies
- Berta chrysolineata chrysolineata (Sri Lanka)
- Berta chrysolineata hainanensis Prout, 1912 (India to Seram and possibly New Guinea)
- Berta chrysolineata eccimena Prout, 1912 (Bismarck Islands)
- Berta chrysolineata leucospilota (Turner, 1904) (Australia)
- Berta chrysolineata fenestrata (Prout, 1913) (Solomon Islands)
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Berta chrysolineata Walker, [1863]". Butterfly House. Retrieved 6 October 2016.