Androchela milvaria Guenée

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

Androchela milvaria Guenée (Figs 80–88)

Oviposition

1♀ Code no.: G346

Period of oviposition: 15–26 Mar.

Batch size: 24.8 ± 9.4 (n = 5)

Realised fecundity: 99

Incubation time (days): 22 (on moistening)

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, in neat rows along the edge of tissue paper (Fig. 80 & 81).

Colour: Pale green, almost white, becoming white with sparse pale orange blotches (Fig. 80).

Size (mm): (n=10) L =0.69 ± 0.01, W=0.55 ± 0.01, T=0.54 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.79

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=3.5 ± 0.18, W=2.9 ± 0.17

Relative aeropylar opening size: 5.4

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 82–83)

No. of openings: 6

No. of cells in rosette: 13

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 6

Shape: Moderately broad, sub­cuboidal, anterior pole wider than posterior, polar profile oblong, not dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 80 –82, 84 & 85).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by hexagonal cells with flat floors, narrow, slightly elevated cell walls (Figs 84–88). Aeropyles elevated, domed, openings large, present on poles and area adjacent to poles (Figs 82 & 87). Chorion ridged and folded (Figs 86 & 88), ridges more pronounced in the micropylar area (Fig. 87).