Taxeotis sp.

Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1287, pp. 1-294 : 1-294

Taxeotis sp. (Figs 664–671)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G483.

Oviposition period: Oct.

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

Size (mm): (n=2) L = 0.50 ± 0.00, W = 0.44 ± 0.02, T = 0.48 ± 0.00.

Width/length: 0.87

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=1): L = 1.34, W = 0.41

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.9

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 664 & 665)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: 5

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, not dorso­ventrally flattened (Fig. 666).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by rectangular, elongated, concave cells with narrow, slightly elevated transverse walls and broad, strongly elevated, longitududinal, slightly wavy walls forming prominent longitudinal ribs between poles (Figs 666–669), micropylar cell walls narrow (Fig. 665). Aeropyles inconspicuous, present only around anterior pole, openings moderately small (Fig. 670). Micropylar cells slightly recessed (Fig. 665). Chorion smooth, sparsely blistered or granular, irregularly (Fig. 671); densely ridged on anterior pole (Fig. 665).