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Lepidoptera > Geometroidea > Geometridae > Geometrinae > Hemitheini > Berta

Berta acte (Swinhoe, 1892)

Berta acte

Berta acte
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Similiar species:
Berta Walker, [1863] species known from India.
Berta acte (Swinhoe, 1892). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. 
Berta albiplaga Warren, 1893. Naga Hills.
Berta angustimedia Prout, 1918. Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Berta annulifera (Warren, 1896). Khasi Hills, Meghalaya.
Berta anteplaga Prout, 1916. Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Berta apopemta Prout, 1935. Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam. 
Berta chrysolineata Walker, 1863. Kanara, India. 
Berta copiosa Prout, 1917. Assam, Naga Hills. 

Extent of the white patch on FW is variable in Berta acte, as per Seitz, and absent in OD. 
References:
  1. Thalera acte Swinhoe, 1892. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 25: 6. Pl. 1:13. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14679393#page/43/mode/1up
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1895. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.3. Taylor & Francis, London. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs.Pg. 517, # 4141
  3. Seitz, A. (Ed).  The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 12, pl. 12i. 
  4. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=590639  
 

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Anonymous. 2022. Berta acte (Swinhoe, 1892). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357938/Berta-acte
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