Palleopa innotata Walker, 1866

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

Palleopa innotata Walker (Figs 475–481)

(type species)

Oviposition

2♀ Code no.: G54, G146.

Period of oviposition: 19 Jan.–18 Feb.

Batch size: 55.0 ± 15.0 range: 35–100; (n = 5)

Realised fecundity: 35–200.

Incubation time (days): 17–22

Batch configuration and attachment: Laid upright in neat rows, large groups (Fig. 475).

Colour: Pale olive green, shiny, anterior pole milky white, becoming dark olive green (Fig. 475).

Size (mm): (n=15) L=1.03 ± 0.13, W=0.82 ± 0.17, T=0.74 ± 0.06

Width/length: 0.80

No. of females: 2

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L= 2.81 ± 0.11, W= 2.02 ± 0.12

Relative aeropylar opening size: 3.5

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 475, 477 & 478)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 13

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 4

Shape: Upright, broad, sub­quadrate; anterior pole slightly wider than posterior pole, truncated; polar profile circular; flattened dorso­ventrally (Figs 475 & 479).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by rounded hexagonal cells (Figs 475–477, 479 & 480) scarcely discernible on posterior 2/3 of egg (Figs 476 & 479). Cells on anterior 1/3 of egg with elevated walls (Fig. 480); elevated aeropyles at junctions of cell walls, openings moderately large (Fig. 480). Chorion generally smooth, but appearing sparsely granular on posterior 2/3 of egg (Fig. 481), wrinkled on anterior 1/3 (Fig. 480).