Scioglyptis lyciaria Guenée, 1858

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

Scioglyptis lyciaria Guenée (Figs 529–535)

(type species)

Oviposition

3♀ code nos.: G30, G414, G418

Oviposition period: 20 Mar.–11 Apr.

Batch size range: 10–60; (n = 4)

Realised fecundity (range): 10–60

Incubation time (days): 12–23

Batch configuration and attachment: Loosely attached, in rows, small groups (Fig. 529).

Colour: Light green, becoming orangish­red starting at anterior pole, grey on maturity (Fig. 529).

Size (mm): (n=15) L = 0.82 ± 0.01, W = 0.55 ± 0.01, T = 0.46 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.58

No. of females: 2

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=4): L = 0.79 ± 0.01, W = 0.43 ± 0.01.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.0

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 531 & 532)

No. of openings: 4

No. of cells in rosette: 6

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3

Shape: Very narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated; flattened dorsoventrally; elongated (Figs 529–533).

Characteristics: Chorion soft. Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by concave, elongate, quadrate cells with narrow, elevated walls arranged in longitudinal rows (Figs 529–531, 533, 534), cells in micropylar area with slightly more elevated, finely reticulated walls (Fig. 532). Aeropyles elevated, domed, openings very small (Figs 531 & 532), present on all surfaces, apart from top wide side (Figs 533 & 534). Rosette cells in micropylar area recessed (Fig. 532). Chorion densely blistered, granular in appearance (Figs 534 & 535).