Egg Morphology Of Some Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Author Dolinskaya, I. V. text Vestnik Zoologii 2014 2014-08-01 48 4 353 364 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0043 journal article 10.2478/vzoo-2014-0043 2073-2333 6453274 Tyta luctuosa ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical ( fig. 17 ), height 0.5 mm , diameter 0.5–0.6 mm (n = = 2). Fresh egg pale yellow with black spot at apical part of egg. As egg develops it becomes pale grey and then grey. Chorion white, translucent. Chorion ridged, marked on two thirds surfaces. Micropylar area represented by clearly expressed rosette and 1 row faintly expressed long, narrow and pointed petalled cells ( fig. 18 ). Rosette elevated with 9–11 short and wide cells. Walls of cells elevated. ( fig. 19 ). There are 9–10 of 28–29 clearly expressed longitudinal ridges radiate from cells of first row. Transverse ridges weakly expressed ( fig. 17–18 ). The entire surface looks like as sharply expressed shallow network ( fig. 20 ). Shape of gnawed holes in eggs. Caterpillar nibbles out large oval opening at lateral part of egg ( fig. 17 ).