Berta chrysolineata
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Berta chrysolineata is a species of moth
of the Geometridae family. 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.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Geometridae family. It is widespread from the Indo-Australian tropics to the Solomons.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 20 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Ricinus communis. Other food plants may include Nephelium
Nephelium
Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, N. lappaceum is commercially important for its fruit...
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)