Aponotoreas, Craw, 1986

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

nr. Aponotoreas (Figs 691–696)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G323

Oviposition period: 20–24 Dec.

Batch size: 3–7; (n = 2)

Realised fecundity: 10

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly.

Colour: Pale green, becoming pinkish­orange then transparent grey on maturity.

Size (mm): (n=3) L = 0.78 ± 0.03, W = 0.51 ± 0.03, T = 0.49 ± 0.00.

Width/length: 0.65

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=2): L = 0.9

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.2

Micropyles: Distinct (Fig. 691)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Narrow, elongated, sub­elliptical (Fig. 692).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked by hexagonal, concave cells defined by rounded humps at junctions; micropylar cells with narrow walls (Figs 692–694). Aeropylar openings very small, aeropyles inconspicuous, small, unelevated (Fig. 695), visible only around micropyles. Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 691). Chorion regularly pitted (Fig. 696).