Eucarta amethystina (Hübner, [1803])

Dolinskaya, I. V., 2014, Egg Morphology Of Some Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (4), pp. 353-364 : 363

Eucarta amethystina (Hübner, [1803])

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical ( fig. 36 ), height 0.6 mm, diameter 0.7–0.8 mm (n = 5).

Chorion ridged, marked on two thirds surfaces. Micropylar area represented by rosette and 1 row weakly expressed cells ( fig. 37 ). Rosette with 11–12 long and narrow petalled cells and 4 micropylar opening s. Walls of cells elevated. There are 8 of 15 clearly expressed longitudinal ridges radiate from cells of first row. Longest ridges with high combs ( fig. 38 ). Transverse walls less distinct and narrow than ridges. Aeropyles weakly expressed. Chorion faintly pebbled everywhere.

Shape of gnawed holes in eggs. Caterpillar nibbles out large oval opening at lateral part of egg.

Figures

Fig. 31–36. Eggs of Heliothinae: 31–32 — Heliothis maritima; 33–35 — Helicoverpa armigera; eggs of Condicinae: 36 — Eucarta amethystina. Scale bars: 33, 36 — 100 µm. 31, 32, 34–35 — 10 µm.

Fig. 37–42. Eggs of Condicinae: 37–38 — Eucarta amethystina; eggs of Bryophilinae: 39–42 — Cryphia fraudatricula. Scale bars: 39–41 — 100 µm; 37–38, 42 — 10 µm.