Acalyphes philorites Turner

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

Acalyphes philorites Turner (Figs 1–7)

(type species)

Oviposition

3♀ code nos.: G336, G337, G339.

Oviposition period: 15–21 Feb.

Batch size: 7.4 ± 1.4 range: 3–14 (n = 8).

Realised fecundity (range): 12–26

Incubation time (days): 18 (n=1)

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly.

Colour: Yellowish to bluish green, glittering, transparent on maturity (Fig. 1).

Size (mm): (n=13) L = 0.81 ± 0.01, W = 0.62 ± 0.00, T = 0.48 ± 0.00

Width/length: 0.76

No. of females: 3

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=8): L = 2.25 ± 0.06, W = 2.23 ± 0.79.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.7

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 2 & 3)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5

Shape: Moderately broad, bluntly ovoid, truncated anterior pole, dorso­ventrally flattened; anterior pole slightly angled to horizontal axis (Figs 4 & 5).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by hexagonal, flat cells with narrow, recessed walls, cell walls on wider top side, barely discernible, not defined by aeropyles, micropylar cell walls narrow (Figs 2–6). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings moderately small, present on all surfaces apart from wider, lateral side (Figs 4–6). Rosette, secondary cells recessed (Figs 2 & 3). Chorion with widely spaced ridges (Fig. 7).