The use of egg characters for the classification of Notodontidae (Lepidoptera), with keys to the common Palaearctic genera and species
Author
Dolinskaya, Irina V.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-14
4604
2
201
241
journal article
26838
10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.1
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1175-5326
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Clostera
1 Sculpture formed by aeropyles (
Figs. 27, 28
)...................................................................................2
- Sculpture formed by cells (
Figs. 80, 81
)........................................................................................ 3
2 Aeropyles bordered by large roller-like edges (
Fig. 27
). Fresh egg crimson-grey, becoming crimson-black during development............................................................................
C. albosigma curtuloides
(From South Ural Region to Far East
Russia
(
Amur
, Primorye,
Sahalin
, Kuril Islands),
Korea
,
Japan
,
China
)
- Aeropyles without roller-like edges (
Fig. 28
). Fresh egg greenish-grey, becoming dark-raspberry with 2 grey arcuate stripes during development (
Figs. 82, 83
). Before caterpillar emergence egg becomes dark-grey..................
C. anastomosis
(From Europe to
Japan
,
China
)
3 Sculpture with poorly expressed cells. Egg green, becoming blue-green (
Fig. 84
)......................................... ..
C. curtula
- Sculpture with prominent cells. Egg coloration variable.......................................................................... 4
4 Egg
greenish-grey becoming pinkish-red during development (
Fig. 85
)..............................................
C. pigra
- Egg with black and grey arcuate bands (
Fig. 86
), becoming dark grey during development.................
C. anachoreta