Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dolinskaya, I. V., 2014, Egg Morphology Of Some Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (4), pp. 353-364 : 363

Cucullia umbratica (Linnaeus, 1758)

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical. According to E. Döring (1955) diameter 0.75– 0.8 mm, height 0.65–0.7 mm. Just laid egg white. As egg develops, it becomes with pink broad patterns. Distinctions from previous species are not discovered ( fig. 28 ). According to E. Döring (1955) there are 15–16 of 32–34 clearly expressed longitudinal ridges radiate from tertiary cells.

Figures

Fig. 25–30. Eggs of Cuculliinae: 25–27 — Cucullia xeranthemi; 28 — Cucullia umbratica; eggs of Heliothinae: 29, 30 — Heliothis maritima. Scale bars: 25, 29 — 100 µm; 26–28, 30 — 10 µm.