Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
Author
Young, Catherine J.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
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journal article
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Eccymatoge callizona
Lower (Figs 769–772)
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type
species)
Oviposition
1♀
Female code no.: G20
No oviposition details available
Size (mm) (n=1):
L = 0.70, W = 0.52.
Width/length: 0.74
Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5)
: L = 1.29 ± 0.07, W = 1.02 ± 0.00.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.8
Micropyles
: Distinct (Figs 769 & 770)
No. of openings: 4
No. of cells in rosette: 10
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: approx. 2
Shape:
Moderately broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole abruptly truncated, slightly dorsoventrally flattened (Figs 769 & 771).
Characteristics
: Egg marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells with, narrow walls (Figs 769, 771 & 772); cell form only faintly discernible on anterior pole (Fig. 769), top wider side apart from mesal area (Fig. 771); in this area cell walls narrow, slightly elevated. Aeropyles small, slightly elevated, openings small (Fig. 772), present on narrow lateral sides. Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 770). Chorion very rough, ridged (Figs 770 & 772).