Chrysolarentia hedylepta Turner

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

publication ID

1175­5334

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7778314F-E23A-4947-876A-9610E4C959A7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5072869

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D8-2716-C509-FE85-7E97FE55F9F3

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scientific name

Chrysolarentia hedylepta Turner
status

 

Chrysolarentia hedylepta Turner View in CoL (Figs 735–739)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G484

Oviposition date: 11 Feb.

Batch size: 20; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 20

Incubation time (days): 25

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

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

Size (mm): L = 0.49, W = 0.47, T = 0.41.

Width/length: 0.96

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.59 ± 0.07, W = 0.40 ± 0.04.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.2

Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 735 & 736)

No. of openings: 3

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Globular, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Figs 735 & 737).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg faintly marked all over with flat hexagonal cells with narrow walls (Figs 735, 737 & 738). Aeropyles inconspicuous, openings very small, only visible around anterior pole (Fig. 738). Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Fig. 739).

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