Amelora belemnophora Turner, 1947

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

Amelora belemnophora Turner (Figs 42–47)

Oviposition

1♀ code no.: G280

Date of oviposition: 25 May.

Batch size: 50 (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 50

Incubation time (days): 18 (on moistening)

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, in neat rows along the edge of substrate (Fig. 42).

Colour: Not recorded when fresh, but becoming pale orange with orange blotches (Fig. 42).

Size (mm): (n=10) L =0.66 ± 0.00, W=0.52 ± 0.01, T=0.48 ± 0.00

Width/length: 0.78

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=8): L=1.3 ± 0.14, W=1.1 ± 0.11

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4

Micropyles: Distinct

No. of openings: 3

No. of cells in rosette: 6

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3

Shape: Moderately broad, sub­cuboidal, anterior pole only slightly wider than posterior, anterior polar profile sub­circular, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 42, 43 & 45).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by hexagonal cells with flat floors, narrow, slightly elevated cell walls (Figs 43, 45–47). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings small, present on poles and area adjacent to poles (Figs 43, 45 & 47). Chorion with small mounds, ridged (Figs 46 & 47).