Melanodes anthracitaria Guenée

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

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1175­5334

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5072793

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scientific name

Melanodes anthracitaria Guenée
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Melanodes anthracitaria Guenée View in CoL (Figs 235–243)

(type species)

Oviposition

1♀ Code no.: G395

Period of oviposition: 27, 29 Oct.

Batch size: 5–40 (n = 2)

Realised fecundity: 45

Note: McFarland (1988) reported 211 eggs from one female.

Incubation time (days): 10–11

Batch configuration and attachment: Attached, in large groups.

Colour: Pale green, becoming pale pink with reddish­brown blotches to pale green with dark brown blotches (Fig. 235).

Size (mm): (n=10) L =0.94 ± 0.01, W =0.71 ± 0.01, T=0.59 ± 0.01

Width/length: 0.75

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L=1.56 ± 0.08, W=1.36 ± 0.08

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.7

Micropyles: Distinct (Figs 236 & 237)

No. of openings: 6

No. of cells in rosette: 12

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 6

Shape: Moderately broad, sub­elliptical; anterior pole slightly truncated, polar profile sub­circular; dorso­ventrally flattened (Figs 235, 236, 238 & 239).

Characteristics: Egg marked all over by sub­rectangular cells (Figs 236, 238 & 239) except only faintly discernible on posterior pole (Fig 238 & 240); loosely arranged in longitudinal rows (Figs 236, 238 & 239). Cell walls generally moderately broad, elevated (Figs 240 & 243), forming a mesh­like reticulum over egg (Figs 236, 238 & 239), floors flat (Figs 241–243); micropylar cell walls narrow, slightly elevated (Fig. 237). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings small, present on anterior pole (Fig. 236), narrow lateral sides only (Fig. 242). Chorion smooth (Figs 241–243).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Geometridae

Genus

Melanodes

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