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 Mictodoca toxeuta Meyrick (Figs 229–234) ( type species) Oviposition 2♀ Code no.: G65, G347 Period of oviposition: 17 Mar.–15 May Batch size: 18.6 ± 3.7 (n = 5) Realised fecundity (range): 30–63 Incubation time (days): 36 Batch configuration and attachment : Attached, upright, singly or in clusters (Figs 229 & 230). Colour: Light green, shiny opalescent, becoming shiny coppery brown (Figs 229 & 230). Size (mm): (n=15) L =0.67 ± 0.02, W =0.63 ± 0.02, T=0.55 ± 0.01 Width/length: 0.94 No. of females: 2 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=2.95 ± 0.24, W=2.03 ± 0.14 Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.6 Micropyles : Indistinct (Figs 231 & 232) No. of openings: obscure No. of cells in rosette: 12 No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5 Shape: Broad, sub­globular, anterior pole markedly truncated, slightly wider than posterior pole, polar profile circular (Figs 231 & 233). Characteristics : Egg unmarked apart from several rows of cells and aeropyles adjacent to anterior pole (Figs 229, 230, 231 & 233). Cells quadrilateral; longitudinal walls moderately wide, elevated; cross­walls, narrower, less elevated; concave floors (Figs 231, 233 & 234). Aeropyles inconspicuous, openings moderately large (Figs 231 & 234). Chorion generally smooth, pitted on and near anterior pole (Figs 231–234). Only rosette cells marked in micropylar area apart from faint outlines of hexagonal cells (Figs 231 & 232).