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).