Heliothis maritima de Graslin, 1855

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

Heliothis maritima de Graslin, 1855

D e s c r i p t i o n. Egg subspherical ( fig. 29 ), height 0.4 mm, diameter 0.6 mm (n = 2). Fresh egg citron colour. Chorion white, translucent.

Chorion ridged, marked on two thirds surfaces. Micropylar area represented by rosette and 1 row of weakly expressed cells ( fig. 30 ). Rosette elevated with 15–16 long and narrow cells and 5 micropylar opening s. Walls of cells elevated ( fig. 31 ). There are 14 of 36 clearly expressed longitudinal ridges radiate from cells of first row. Longest ridges with high combs especially in apical part ( fig. 32 ). Transverse walls less distinct and narrow than ridges. Aeropyles weakly expressed. The entire surface of small, densely placed fibers.

Shape of gnawed holes in eggs. Caterpillar nibbles out large oval opening at lateral part of egg ( fig. 29 ).

O v i p o s i t i o n. Eggs solitary laid.

Figures

Fig. 25–30. Eggs of Cuculliinae: 25–27 — Cucullia xeranthemi; 28 — Cucullia umbratica; eggs of Heliothinae: 29, 30 — Heliothis maritima. Scale bars: 25, 29 — 100 µm; 26–28, 30 — 10 µm.

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.