Chrysolarentia sp.

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

Chrysolarentia sp. (Figs 745–748)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G485

Oviposition date: 13 Feb.

Batch size: 10; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 10

Incubation time (days): 10

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

Colour: Pale green, becoming olive green spotted sparsly in dark green then transparent grey on maturity.

Size (mm): L = 0.55, W = 0.44, T = 0.33.

Width/length: 0.79

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.47 ± 0.03, W = 0.36 ± 0.03.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 0.8

Micropyles: Indistinct (Fig. 745)

No. of openings: 2

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2 Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Fig. 746) Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg totally unmarked apart from micropylar cells (Figs 746–748), aeropyle openings very small, aeropyles inconspicuous (Fig. 747), present around anterior pole and narrow lateral sides. Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Figs 747 & 748).