Chrysolarentia euclidiata Guenée

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

Chrysolarentia euclidiata Guenée (Figs 730–734)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G162A

Oviposition period: 11–16 Mar.

Batch size: 5–20; (n = 3)

Realised fecundity: 40

Incubation time (days): 9

Batch configuration and attachment: Loosely attached, singly.

Colour: Pale green, glittering, becoming grey on maturity.

Size (mm) (n=1): L = 0.59, W = 0.35, T = 0.30.

Width/length: 0.60

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 0.59, W = 0.35.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.3

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 730 & 731)

No. of openings: 2

No. of cells in rosette: 5

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 4

Shape: Narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, dorso­ventrally

flattened (Fig. 732).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by convex, hexagonal cells with mainly narrow, shallow reticulation overlaying broadly humped walls (Figs 730, 732 & 734); recessed and moderately broad cell walls on middle of top side of egg (Fig. 734). Aeropyles unelevated, openings very small, present on narrow lateral sides (Fig. 733) and around anterior pole. Rosette cells slightly recessed; micropylar cell walls overlain by very narrow, shallow reticulum (Fig. 731). Chorion rough, cobbled (Figs 733 & 734).