Smyriodes sp. 2

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

Smyriodes sp. 2 (Figs 207–210)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G230

Oviposition date: 8 May

Batch size: 20 (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 20

Incubation time (days): 22 (on moistening)

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly.

Colour: Pale brown on maturity.

Size (mm): (n=5) L = 0.89 ± 0.01, W = 0.72 ± 0.02, T = 0.62 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.80

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 4.15 ± 0.23, W = 3.86 ± 0.18

Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.6

Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 207 & 208)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: 10

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid; anterior pole truncated; flattened dorso­ventrally (Fig. 209).

Characteristics: Egg marked only on anterior pole by flat, hexagonal cells, with narrow, elevated walls and elevated aeropyles with moderately large openings (Figs 207 & 208). Chorion appearing sparsely blistered, granular in appearance (Figs 209 & 210). Cells in micropylar area slightly recessed (Figs 207 & 208).