Parosteodes sp.

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

Parosteodes sp. (Figs 604–610)

Oviposition 1♀ code nos.: G282 Oviposition period: 14–20 Jun. Batch size range: 80–100; (n = 2) Realised fecundity (range): 80–100 Incubation time (days): 9 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly or in pairs (Fig. 604). Colour: Bluish­green, becoming yellowish­green mottled pink, then transparent on maturity (Fig. 604). Size (mm): (n=10) L = 0.64 ± 0.00, W = 0.43 ± 0.00, T = 0.35 ± 0.00 Width/length: 0.67 No. of females: 1 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 0.68 ± 0.06, W = 0.43 ± 0.02. Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.2 Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 605 & 606) No. of openings: 4 No. of cells in rosette: 5 No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2 Shape: Narrow, elongated, sub­elliptical, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 604, 605 &

607).

Characteristics: Soft chorion. Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, concave cells with moderately broad, elevated walls; walls of cells defined by aeropyles, double­ridged (Figs 604–610), micropylar cells overlain by a fine reticulum (Fig. 606). Aeropyles elevated, prominently domed, openings very small (Fig. 610), present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Fig. 608). Rosette cells recessed (Fig. 606). Chorion deeply pitted (Figs 608–610).