Catocala elocata (Esper, [1787])

Dolinskaya, I. V, 2014, Egg Morphology Of Some Nolidae And Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea), Vestnik Zoologii 48 (6), pp. 553-561 : 558

Catocala elocata (Esper, [1787])

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical, flattened ( fig. 25 ), height 0.6–0.8 mm, diameter 1.25– 1.35 mm (n = 2). Chorion white, transparent. According to Döring (1955) egg reddish-gray with broad purple stripe in middle part, which interrupted by white-yellow stripe. Micropylar area white.

Chorion ridged, marked on two thirds surface. Micropylar area clearly expressed, represented by rosette and 3 rows petalled cells ( fig. 26 ). Rosette with 9–10 petalled cells and 5 micropylar openings ( fig. 27 ). Cells of 1–2 series petalled and small. Tertiary cells large, broad, with pointed distal part ( fig. 26 ). There are 16–19 of the 33–37 elevated, longitudinal ridges radiate from cells of micropylar area. Longest ridges slightly wavy, with comb. Walls of columnar cells slightly wavy and distinct as ridges. Aeropyles slightly expressed ( fig. 28 ). Chorion folded everywhere.

Figures

Fig. 25–30. Eggs of Erebidae, Catocalinae: 25–28 — Catocala elocata; 29, 30 — Catocala nupta. Scale bars: 25, 26, 29, 30 — 100 µm; 27, 28 — 10 µm.