Gastrinodes sp.

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

Gastrinodes sp. (Figs 507–513)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G266

Oviposition date: 21 May

Batch size: 30; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 30

Incubation time (days): 18

Batch configuration and attachment: Loosely attached, singly (Fig. 507).

Colour: Bluish ­ green, becoming mauve, grey on maturity (Fig. 507).

Size (mm): (n=10) L = 1.16 ± 0.01, W = 0.60 ± 0.01, T = 0.59 ± 0.02

Width/length: 0.52

No. of females: 3

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 3.94 ± 0.30, W = 2.96 ± 0.21.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 3.5

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 508 & 509)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 1

Shape: Very narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated; flattened dorsoventrally; elongated (Figs 507, 510 & 511).

Characteristics: Chorion soft. Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by concave, elongate, hexagonal cells with moderately broad, rounded walls, arranged in longitudinal rows (Figs 507, 510–513). Aeropyles elevated, domed, present on all surfaces, openings moderately large (Fig. 512), many aeropyles arranged along cell junctions on anterior pole (Fig. 513). Rosette cells recessed (Fig. 509). Chorion smooth, covered with mesh­like reticulation (Figs 507–513).