Chrysolarentia polyxantha Meyrick

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

Chrysolarentia polyxantha Meyrick (Figs 753–756)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G487

Oviposition date: 13 Feb.

Batch size: 40; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 40

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

Colour: Pale olive green, becomiing darker green with dark green striations then transparent grey on maturity.

Size (mm): L = 0.55, W = 0.46.

Width/length: 0.84

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.59 ± 0.01, W = 0.49 ± 0.02.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.1

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 753 & 754)

No. of openings: 4

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 1

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated; flattened dorsoventrally (Figs 753 & 754).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by barely discernible, flat, hexagonal cells with unelevated, narrow walls (Figs 753–756). Aeropyles inconspicuous, openings small (Fig. 756), present around anterior pole, narrow lateral sides. Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Fig. 756).