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 Parosteodes fictiliaria Guenée (Figs 596–603) ( type species) Oviposition 4♀ code nos.: G388, G389, G390. Oviposition period: 23 Oct.–7 Nov. Batch size: 33.3 ± 7.3 range: 10–100; (n = 12) Realised fecundity (range): 40–173 Incubation time (days)(n=9): 10.2 ± 0.2 Batch configuration and attachment : Attached, singly, short rows (Fig. 596). Colour: Bluish­green (Fig. 596), becoming bluish­green with reddish­brown spots forming around lateral circumference, then transparent on maturity. Size (mm): (n=15) L = 0.66 ± 0.01, W = 0.49 ± 0.01, T = 0.37 ± 0.01 Width/length: 0.74 No. of females: 3 Aeropylar opening size (m): (n=6): L = 1.05 ± 0.03, W = 0.84 ± 0.06. Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.6 Micropyles : Distinct (Figs 597 & 598) No. of openings: 6 No. of cells in rosette: 5 No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2 Shape: Moderately broad, sub­elliptical, anterior pole slightly truncated; dorsoventrally flattened (Figs 597, 599 & 600). Characteristics : Soft chorion. Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, concave cells with moderately broad, elevated walls, walls of cells defined by aeropyles, double­ridged (Figs 596, 597, 599–602), micropylar cells overlain by a fine reticulum (Figs 597 & 598). Aeropyles elevated, prominently domed, openings small (Figs 597, 598 & 602), present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Fig. 599). Rosette cells recessed (Fig. 598). Chorion deeply pitted (Figs 601–603).