Hypobapta barnardi Goldfinch, 1929

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

Hypobapta barnardi Goldfinch (Figs 830–836)

Oviposition 2♀ code nos.: G302, G303 Oviposition period: Oct. Batch size: not recoded Realised fecundity: not recorded Incubation time (days): N/ A Batch configuration and attachment: Not recorded. Colour: Green blotched faintly with yellow (Fig. 830), becoming marked with red stripe extending around middle of narrow lateral sides then transparent grey on maturity. Size (mm) (n=1): L = 0.51, W = 0.45, T = 0.35. Width/length: 0.89 No. of females: 2 Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 1.19 ± 0.11, W = 0.99 ± 0.14. Relative aeropylar opening size: 2.3 Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 831 & 832) No. of openings: 5 No. of cells in rosette: 13

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5

Shape: Broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated, compressed dorso­ventrally (Figs 830, 831 & 833).

Characteristics: Egg faintly marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells with narrow, slightly elevated walls (Figs 831, 833 & 834). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings small (Figs 831 & 835), distributed around edges of egg and on narrow lateral sides (Fig. 831). Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 832). Chorion generally smooth, with shallow undulations (Fig. 836).