Cleora sp.

Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1287, pp. 1-294 : 1-294

Cleora sp. (Figs 482–487)

Oviposition

2♀ code nos.: G229, G234

Oviposition period: 10–28 May

Batch size: 28.0 ± 5.8 range: 10–40 (n = 5)

Realised fecundity: 50–90

Incubation time (days): 12–14

Batch configuration and attachment: Very loosely attached, inserted between paper folds.

Colour: Bright yellow becoming deep yellow, greyish brown on maturity (Fig. 482).

Size (mm): (n=10) L=0.74 ± 0.01, W =0.47 ± 0.01, T =0.42 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.64

No. of females: 2

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=1.55 ± 0.06, W=1.32 ± 0.05

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.4

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 483 & 484)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5

Shape: Very narrow, elongated, anterior pole truncated; flattened dorso­ventrally; elongated (Figs 482, 483 & 485).

Characteristics: Chorion very soft, shape poorly defined (Figs 482 & 485). Egg marked on all surfaces by polygonal cells with very broad, rounded, elevated and undulating walls (Figs 483–487). Aeropyles, inconspicuous, openings small, slightly elevated (Fig. 486); present on all surfaces apart from middle of top of egg (Figs 485 & 487). Primary, secondary cells in micropylar area recessed (Fig. 484). Chorion finely, shallowly coralline (Fig. 486), smoother in micropylar area.