Berta chrysolineata
| 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 to the Solomons.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Ricinus communis. Other food plants may include Nephelium species.
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)
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