Parosteodes fictiliaria Guenée, 1858

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

Parosteodes fictiliaria Guenée (Figs 596–603)

(type species)

Oviposition

4♀ code nos.: G388, G389, G390.

Oviposition period: 23 Oct.–7 Nov.

Batch size: 33.3 ± 7.3 range: 10–100; (n = 12)

Realised fecundity (range): 40–173

Incubation time (days)(n=9): 10.2 ± 0.2

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly, short rows (Fig. 596).

Colour: Bluish­green (Fig. 596), becoming bluish­green with reddish­brown spots forming around lateral circumference, then transparent on maturity.

Size (mm): (n=15) L = 0.66 ± 0.01, W = 0.49 ± 0.01, T = 0.37 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.74

No. of females: 3

Aeropylar opening size (m): (n=6): L = 1.05 ± 0.03, W = 0.84 ± 0.06.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.6

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 597 & 598)

No. of openings: 6

No. of cells in rosette: 5

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Moderately broad, sub­elliptical, anterior pole slightly truncated; dorsoventrally flattened (Figs 597, 599 & 600).

Characteristics: Soft chorion. Egg distinctly marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, concave cells with moderately broad, elevated walls, walls of cells defined by aeropyles, double­ridged (Figs 596, 597, 599–602), micropylar cells overlain by a fine reticulum (Figs 597 & 598). Aeropyles elevated, prominently domed, openings small (Figs 597, 598 & 602), present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Fig. 599). Rosette cells recessed (Fig. 598). Chorion deeply pitted (Figs 601–603).