Oenochrominae

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

Comment on Oenochrominae sensu lato

The eggs of N. curtaria and Taxeotis sp. have some similarities. Both eggs are similar in shape and are broad and bluntly ovoid. The quadrate, concave cells are arranged regularly in longitudinal rows and have elevated walls. In Taxeotis the longitudinal walls are strongly elevated resulting in prominent longitudinal ribs that resemble those found in caberine eggs, especially Casbia farinalis described above. The aeropylar openings in both species are small but aeropyles in Nearcha are large, domed, conspicuous and present on all surfaces; whereas in Taxeotis they are small and inconspicuous and present only on the anterior pole. The chorion in both species is granular. N. curtaria bears a striking resemblance to the eggs of Amelora (cf. A. nebulosa ) and shares the following characteristics with that species: broad, bluntly ovoid shape; large, domed conspicuous aeropyles; aeropyles present on all surfaces; conspicuous cell form; rough granular chorion. The presence of aeropyles on all egg surfaces is a character shared only by Amelora and Nearcha in this study.