Taxonomic Information
Berta Walker, [1863] species known from India.
Berta acte (Swinhoe, 1892). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Berta albiplaga Warren, 1893. India: Nagaland (Naga Hills).
Berta angustimedia Prout, 1918. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Berta annulifera (Warren, 1896). India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills), Arunachal Pradesh.
Berta anteplaga Prout, 1916. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Berta apopemta Prout, 1935. India: Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh.
Berta chrysolineata Walker, 1863. India (Kanara), Arunachal Pradesh.
Berta copiosa Prout, 1917. India: Assam, Naga Hills.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Separated by reduced extent of white spots in Berta acte, which are reduced to lunulues in Berta apopemta. Also Berta apopemta lacks the large white spot on FW in most Berta acte.
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| Total | 1 |
- Berta apopemta Prout, 1935, in Seitz, A. (Ed) The Macrolepidoptera of the World, 4 (Suppl.): 21. Pl. 3f.
- Kirti, J. S., Singh, N. & A. Saxena. 2014. Seven new records of Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from India. Journal of Applied Biosciences 40(2): 113-116. Pg. 114 & 115.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. 296 pp. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 165.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Berta apopemta Prout, 1935 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/berta-apopemta, accessed 2025/04/24.