Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dolinskaya, I. V, 2014, Egg Morphology Of Some Nolidae And Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (6), pp. 553-561 : 555

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0066

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6453440

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C087F2-FFD6-C80F-3EE6-E4896D959DEC

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical ( fig. 9 View Fig ). Egg pale yellow. As egg develops, it becomes taupe (n = 2). According to Döring (1955) height 0.4 mm, diameter 0.48–0.5 mm.

Chorion ridged, marked on two thirds surface. Micropylar area sharply expressed, represented by rosette and 1 row long, narrow and pointed cells ( fig. 10 View Fig ). Rosette slightly elevated, with 11–12 petalled cells. There are 16–20 of the 35–40 broad longitudinal ridges radiate from cells of micropylar area. Transverse walls filiform, much less distinct than ridges ( fig. 11 View Fig ). Aeropyles weakly expressed at walls junctions. The entire surface of small, densely placed fibers.

S h a p e o f g n a w e d h o l e s i n e g g s. Caterpillars nibble out oval opening at lateral part of egg.

O v i p o s i t i o n. Eggs laid in single-layer tight clusters where they pressed one to another.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Hypena

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF