Androchela newmannaria Guenée

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

Androchela newmannaria Guenée (Figs 89–97)

(type species)

Oviposition

2♀ code nos.: G137, G420

Oviposition period: 22 Feb.–8 Apr.

Batch size: 27 ± 13.3 range: 2–50 (n = 4)

Realised fecundity (range): 8–100

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, in neat rows along the edge of tissue paper.

Colour: Very pale green, becoming pale orange with irregular elongate orange blotches (Fig. 89).

Size (mm): (n=11) L =0.70 ± 0.01, W=0.52 ± 0.01, T=0.47 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.74

No. of females: 2

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=2.3 ± 0.08, W=1.9 ± 0.14

Relative aeropylar opening size: 3.2

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 90 & 91)

No. of openings: 4

No. of cells in rosette: 9

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5

Shape: Moderately broad, sub­cuboidal, anterior pole wider than posterior, polar profile oblong, not dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 89, 90, 92 & 93).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by hexagonal cells with flat floors, narrow, slightly elevated cell walls (Figs 92–94). Aeropyles elevated, domed, openings moderately large, present on poles (Figs 90 & 95). Chorion ridged and folded (Figs 94, 95 & 97), ridges less pronounced in middle of the wide side of the egg (Fig. 96). Micropylar area recessed (Fig. 91).