Euloxia fugitivaria Guenee 1857
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Description
Euloxia fugitivaria Guenée (Figs 799–806)
(type species)
Oviposition
2♀ code nos.: G380, G387
Oviposition period: 14–21 Oct.
Batch size: 4–21; (n = 3)
Realised fecundity: 12–25
Incubation time (days): 10
Batch configuration and attachment: Firmly attached, singly (Fig. 799). In nature eggs are laid near leaf margins (McFarland 1988).
Colour: Yellow, shiny, becoming dark yellow (Fig. 799) then transparent grey on maturity.
Size (mm) (n=10): L = 0.66 ± 0.01, W = 0.47 ± 0.00, T = 0.32 ± 0.01.
Width/length: 0.69
No. of females: 1
Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=7): L = 1.92 ± 0.05, W = 1.61 ± 0.61.
Relative aeropylar opening size: 4.9
Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 800 & 801)
No. of openings: 5
No. of cells in rosette: 10
No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 5
Shape: Narrow, elongated, compressed dorsoventrally with narrow flat lateral sides perpendicular to wide flat lateral sides (pillbox shaped) but edges rounded, ellipsoid from top view, egg wedgeshaped laterally (Figs 799, 800, 802 & 803).
Characteristics: Egg marked on all surfaces by flat, hexagonal cells with very narrow, slightly elevated walls (Figs 800, 802–804). Aeropyles slightly elevated, openings moderately large, distributed around edges of egg only (Figs 805 & 806). Rosette cells slightly recessed (Fig. 801). Chorion generally smooth, finely, shallowly wrinkled (Fig. 805).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFADFFA02763C57CFF8D7C13FFD0FFAA (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/7778314F-E23A-4947-876A-9610E4C959A7 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/039487D8271CC503FE857D57FE95FA4B (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Geometridae
- Genus
- Euloxia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Guenee
- Species
- fugitivaria
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Euloxia fugitivaria Guenee, 1857 sec. Young, 2006
References
- McFarland, N. (1988) Portraits of South Australian Geometrid Moths, Allen Press, Kansas.