Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dolinskaya, I. V, 2014, Egg Morphology Of Some Nolidae And Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (6), pp. 553-561 : 558

Catocala nupta (Linnaeus, 1767)

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical, flattened ( fig. 29 ), height 0.5–0.75 mm, diameter

1.1–1.2 mm (n = 2). Chorion white, transparent.

R e m a r k. The sculpture similar to previous species, but more distinct. Longitudinal ridges sharply expressed, wider and elevated than transwerse ridges. Transwerse ridges less wavy than in С. elocata ( fig. 30 ).

Figures

Fig. 25–30. Eggs of Erebidae, Catocalinae: 25–28 — Catocala elocata; 29, 30 — Catocala nupta. Scale bars: 25, 26, 29, 30 — 100 µm; 27, 28 — 10 µm.