Amelora zophopasta Turner, 1919

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

Amelora zophopasta Turner (Figs 67–71)

Oviposition

1♀ Code no.: G123

Period of oviposition: 24–31 Jan.

Batch size: 7.3 ± 0.9 (n = 3)

Realised fecundity: 22

Incubation time (days): 21

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose

Colour: Very pale green becoming pale orange with orange blotches.

Size (mm): (n=10) L =0.64 ± 0.01, W=0.54 ± 0.00, T=0.50 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.84

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=9): L=3.8 ± 0.12, W=2.7 ± 0.90

Relative aeropylar opening size: 6.5

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 67 & 68)

No. of openings: 4

No. of cells in rosette: 6

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 2

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, polar profile sub­circular, dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 67 & 69).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by polygonal cells with concave floors, moderately broad, double­ridged, slightly elevated cell walls (Figs 67–70). Cell walls in micropylar area overlaid with shallow, narrow reticulation (Figs 67 & 68). Cells arranged regularly in longitudinal rows. Aeropyles elevated, domed, openings large, present on all surfaces (Figs 69 & 70). Chorion shallowly ridged and folded (Figs 70 & 71).