Chrysolarentia stereozona Meyrick

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

Chrysolarentia stereozona Meyrick (Figs 757–761)

Oviposition

1♀ code no.: G488

Oviposition date: 13 Feb.

Batch size: 8; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 8

Incubation time (days): 9

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

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

Size (mm): L = 0.53, W = 0.46, T = 0.39.

Width/length: 0.86

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.58 ± 0.07, W = 0.33 ± 0.00.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.1

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 757 & 758)

No. of openings: 2

No. of cells in rosette: 8

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 4

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated; flattened dorsoventrally (Figs

757 & 759).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by barely discernible, flat, hexagonal cells with unelevated, narrow walls (Figs 757, 759 & 760). Aeropyles inconspicuous, unelevated, openings very small (Fig. 760), present around anterior pole and narrow lateral sides. Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Figs 760 & 761).