Loweria sp.

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

Loweria sp. (Figs 98–105)

Oviposition

1♀ Code no.: G279

Date of oviposition: 25 May.

Batch size: 15 (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 15

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, in neat rows along the edge of tissue paper; flat along wide side (Fig. 98).

Colour: Very pale green, becoming pale brown with yellowish­brown blotches (Fig. 98).

Size (mm): (n=10) L =0.78 ± 0.00, W=0.65 ± 0.01, T=0.58 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.83

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=1.8 ± 0.18, W=1.5 ± 0.18

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 99 & 100)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 4

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, polar profile sub­circular, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 99, 101 & 102).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by hexagonal cells with flat floor, narrow, slightly elevated cell walls (Figs 99–105). Aeropyles elevated domed, openings small, only present on poles and area adjacent to poles (Figs 99, 101, 102, 104). Chorion shallowly ridged, folded (Figs 103 & 105).