Laeosopis Rambur

Munguira, Miguel L., Martín, José, García-Barros, Enrique, Shahbazian, Gayaneh & Cancela, Juan Pablo, 2015, Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 201-247 : 209

Genus Laeosopis Rambur

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The single species of the genus, Laeosopis roboris (Esper) , has an egg with a characteristic volcano profile, with the annular area elevated and the rest sunken, with the equator occupying a basal position. The micropyle is found within a circular depression, surrounded by tiny rounded cells and a crown of grooves. The transition zone has thick walls, a character shared with T. betulae . The tubercle-aeropyle zone is made up of rounded regularly shaped cells, surrounded by elevated walls with prominent, blunt corners ( Verhulst 1986).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Laeosopis roboris (A, B), Tomares ballus (C, D), and Callophrys rubi (E, F). Scale bars 500 (A) 300 (C), 200 (E), 50 (B), and 20 Μm (D, F).