Clostera, Samouelle, 1819

Dolinskaya, Irina V., 2019, The use of egg characters for the classification of Notodontidae (Lepidoptera), with keys to the common Palaearctic genera and species, Zootaxa 4604 (2), pp. 201-241 : 228

Clostera

1 Sculpture formed by aeropyles ( Figs. 27, 28 )...................................................................................2

- Sculpture formed by cells ( Figs. 80, 81 )........................................................................................ 3

2 Aeropyles bordered by large roller-like edges ( Fig. 27 ). Fresh egg crimson-grey, becoming crimson-black during development............................................................................ C. albosigma curtuloides (From South Ural Region to Far East Russia (Amur, Primorye, Sahalin, Kuril Islands), Korea, Japan, China)

- Aeropyles without roller-like edges ( Fig. 28 ). Fresh egg greenish-grey, becoming dark-raspberry with 2 grey arcuate stripes during development ( Figs. 82, 83 ). Before caterpillar emergence egg becomes dark-grey.................. C. anastomosis (From Europe to Japan, China)

3 Sculpture with poorly expressed cells. Egg green, becoming blue-green ( Fig. 84 )......................................... .. C. curtula

- Sculpture with prominent cells. Egg coloration variable.......................................................................... 4

4 Egg greenish-grey becoming pinkish-red during development ( Fig. 85 ).............................................. C. pigra

- Egg with black and grey arcuate bands ( Fig. 86 ), becoming dark grey during development................. C. anachoreta

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Eggs of Notodontidae. 25. Pheosia tremula, part of lateral area. 26. Pheosia gnoma, part of lateral area. 27. Clostera albosigma curtuloides, part of lateral area. 28. Clostera anastomosis, part of lateral area. 29. Clostera anastomosis, top view. 30. Notodonta ziczac top view. Scale bars 29–30 (100 µ). 25–28 (10 µ).

FIGURES 80–86. Eggs of Notodontidae. 80. Clostera pigra, part of lateral area. 81. Clostera anachoreta, part of lateral area. 82. Clostera anastomosis (photo by Andrey Ponomarev). 83. Clostera anastomosis (photo by Andrey Ponomarev). 84. Clostera curtula (photo by Mario Finkel). 85. Clostera pigra (photoby Karl Rasch). 86. Clostera anachoreta (photo by Olaf Beckmann). Scale bars 80, 81(10 µ).