Paralaea tasmanica McQuillan, Young & Richardson

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

Paralaea tasmanica McQuillan, Young & Richardson (Figs 349–351)

Oviposition 1♀ Code no.: G543 Batch size: 19.0 (n = 1) Realised fecundity: 19 Incubation time (days): 34 (on moistening). Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly, small groups, shingled. Colour: Pale bluish green, becoming patchy coppery brown around perimeter, transparent grey before eclosion. Size (mm): (n=10) L=1.14 ± 0.04, W=0.68 ± 0.02, T =0.53 ± 0.05 Width/length: 0.60 No. of females: 1 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L=1.65 ± 0.07, W=1.5 ± 0.59 Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.5 Micropyles: Distinct (Fig. 349)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: 12

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: obscure

Shape: Narrow, elongated, bluntly ovoid; anterior pole truncated; polar profile circular; pronounced wedge shape in profile; anterior pole slightly angled to horizontal axis (Fig. 350).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by markedly convex hexagonal cells (Figs 349–351). Cell walls narrow, recessed. Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings small (Fig. 351), present on all surfaces apart from middle of top of cell. Chorion pitted, wrinkled (Fig. 351).