Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Author Young, Catherine J. text Zootaxa 2006 2006-08-14 1287 1 294 journal article 1175­5334 7778314F-E23A-4947-876A-9610E4C959A7 Poecilasthena pulchraria Doubleday (Figs 672–677) ( type species) Oviposition 1♀ code nos.: G373 Oviposition date: 3 Sept. Batch size: 30; (n = 1) Realised fecundity: 30 Incubation time (days): 7 Batch configuration and attachment : Attached, singly. Colour: Pale yellowish­green, glittering, becoming grey on maturity. Size (mm) (n=10): L = 0.59 ± 0.01, W = 0.42 ± 0.00, T = 0.38 ± 0.01. Width/length: 0.71 No. of females: 1 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=4) : L = 0.85 ± 0.07, W = 0.65 ± 0.09. Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.6 Micropyles : Distinct (Figs 672 & 673) No. of openings: 2 No. of cells in rosette: 5 No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3 Shape: Narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, dorso­ventrally flattened. Characteristics : Very soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by concave, hexagonal cells defined at junctions by broad rounded humps (Figs 672–676). Aeropyles small, unelevated, openings very small (Fig. 676), present around anterior pole only. Rosette cells slightly recessed; micropylar cell walls overlain by very narrow, shallow reticulum (Fig. 673). Chorion rough, shallowly wrinkled (Fig. 676 & 677).