Smyriodes aplectaria Guenée, 1858

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

Smyriodes aplectaria Guenée (Figs 184–193)

(type species)

Oviposition

3♀ code nos.: G188, G200, G307, G429

Oviposition period: 14 Apr.–22 May

Batch size: 58.0 ± 11.1 range: 40–100 (n = 5)

Total eggs laid per female: 50–100

Incubation time (days): 17 (on moistening)

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, small to large groups (Fig. 184).

Colour: Olive green, opalescent becoming dark greyish­brown and transparent grey before eclosion (Fig. 184).

Size (mm): (n=15) L = 0.86 ± 0.02, W = 0.65 ± 0.01, T = 0.55 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.72

No. of females: 3

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 3.12 ± 0.23, W = 2.17 ± 0.16

Relative aeropylar opening size: 3.7

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 185 & 186)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: obscure

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3

Shape: Narrow, elongated, sub­elliptical; anterior pole truncated; polar profile circular; flattened dorso­ventrally (Figs 184, 185, 187 & 188).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells, with narrow, recessed walls, but barely discernible apart from on, near anterior pole (Figs 185, 187–190). Cell form only marked by aeropyles on anterior polar (Fig. 189) sometimes numbering more than 6 at cell walls (Fig. 191), micropylar cells marked by narrow, recessed cell walls (Figs 185 & 186). Aeropyles elevated, openings moderately large, present only on anterior pole (Figs 185, 186, 189 & 191). Chorion generally smooth (Fig. 192); wrinkled, granular on anterior pole (Figs 191 & 193).