Rhinodia rostraria Guenée

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

Rhinodia rostraria Guenée (Figs 576–581)

(type species)

Oviposition

3♀ code nos.: G298, G342, G392

Oviposition period: 23 Feb.–3 Nov.

Batch size range: 3–40; (n = 4)

Realised fecundity (range): 3–44

Incubation time (days) (n=2): 6–8

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly (Fig. 576), short rows. Colour: Coppery brown, shiny, then transparent on maturity (Fig. 576).

Size (mm): (n=19) L = 0.77 ± 0.01, W = 0.65 ± 0.01, T = 0.61 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.84

No. of females: 3

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=9): L = 3.30 ± 0.20, W = 2.72 ± 0.91.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.6

Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 577 & 578)

No. of openings: obscure

No. of cells in rosette: 8

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Figs 576, 577 & 579).

Characteristics: Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by flat, elongate, narrow, quadrate cells with moderately broad, double­ridged transverse walls (Figs 576, 579–581); longitudinal walls form prominent ribs (Figs 576, 579 & 580). Aeropyles elevated, openings moderately large (Fig. 580), present on all surfaces apart from top, wide side of egg (Figs 579 & 580). Rosette cells in micropylar area slightly recessed; area adjacent to micropyles raised (Fig. 578). Chorion smooth but shallowly wrinkled (Fig. 581); more deeply wrinkled on anterior pole (Fig. 578).