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 apopempta 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 apopempta. Also Berta apopempta lacks the large white spot on FW in most Berta acte.
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| Total | 1 | 1 |
- Berta apopempta 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. Misspelt as Berta apopemta.
- Kirti, J. S., K. Chandra, A. Saxena & N. Singh. 2019. Geometrid Moths of India. 296 pp. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 165.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1384006-Berta-apopempta
Note: Species name corrected from Berta apopemta Prout, 1935 to Berta apopempta Prout, 1935 (SS, 9 July 2025).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Berta apopempta Prout, 1935 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/berta-apopempta, accessed 2025/07/09.