Chlorodes boisduvalaria Le Guillou

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

Chlorodes boisduvalaria Le Guillou (Figs 823–829)

(type species)

Oviposition

1♀ code nos.: G353

Oviposition period: unknown.

Batch size: 10; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 10

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, singly or in pairs.

Colour: Not recorded

Size (mm) (n=10): L = 0.79 ± 0.01, W = 0.54 ± 0.01, T = 0.36 ± 0.01.

Width/length: 0.69

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=8): L = 3.75 ± 0.15, W = 3.0 ± 0.09.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.9

Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 823 & 824)

No. of openings: 1

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 3

Shape: Narrow, elongated, compressed dorso­ventrally, sides planar, tear shaped from top view, anterior pole sub­acute, posterior pole much larger than anterior pole (Figs 823 & 825), egg, rectangular laterally (Fig. 826).

Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells with moderately broad, slightly elevated walls giving a netted appearance (Figs 823–826). Aeropyles conspicuous, elevated, domed, openings moderately large, densely distributed on narrow lateral sides only (Figs 826–828). Micropylar cells slightly recessed (Fig. 824). Chorion generally smooth, shallowly wrinkled (Fig. 829), undulations more pronounced on narrow lateral side near anterior pole (Figs 827 & 828).