Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
Young, Catherine J.
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
1287
1
294
93ZF4
Guenee
Guenee
[264,578,798,824]
Insecta
Geometridae
Epyaxa
GBIF
Animalia
Lepidoptera
121
Arthropoda
species
subidaria
1♀code no.: G382 Oviposition date: 14 Oct. Batch size: 50; (n = 1) Realised fecundity: 50 Incubation time (days): 9 Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly. Colour:Pale yellowishgreen, becoming yellow then transparent grey on maturity. Size (mm) (n=10):L = 0.60 ± 0.00, W = 0.40 ± 0.00, T = 0.35 ± 0.01. Width/length: 0.66 No. of females: 1 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=6): L = 1.37 ± 0.18, W = 0.93 ± 0.13. Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4 Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 762 & 763) No. of openings: 3 No. of cells in rosette: 6 No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 6 Shape:Narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, dorsoventrally flattened (Figs 762, 764 & 765). Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by concave, hexagonal cells with elevated, moderately broad walls (Figs 762, 764–767). Aeropyles small, unelevated, many arranged along walls of cells, openings small (Fig. 767), present on narrow lateral sides and around anterior pole. Rosette cells slightly recessed; micropylar cell walls overlain by very narrow reticulum (Fig. 763). Chorion regularly pitted (Figs 766–768).