Anachloris uncinata Guenée

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

Anachloris uncinata Guenée (Figs 685–690)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G191

Oviposition period: 16–18 Apr.

Batch size: 10–20; (n = 2)

Realised fecundity: 10–20

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Loosely attached, singly.

Colour: Pale yellow, becoming dark yellow then transparent grey on maturity.

Size (mm): (n=1) L = 0.71, W = 0.62, T = 0.48.

Width/length: 0.86

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 1.69 ± 0.09, W = 1.36 ± 0.05

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 685 & 686)

No. of openings: 4

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 6

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, dorso­ventrally flattened, anterior pole slightly angled to horizontal axis (Figs 685, 687 & 688).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by irregularly shaped, hexagonal, flat cells with narrow slightly elevated walls (Figs 685, 687–690). Aeropylar openings small, aeropyles slightly elevated (Fig. 690), absent on top of wider lateral side. Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 686). Chorion regularly pitted (Figs 689 & 690).