Egg Morphology Of Some Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Dolinskaya, I. V. Vestnik Zoologii 2014 2014-08-01 48 4 353 364 92YRZ Schiffermuller 1776 [166,415,607,634] Insecta Noctuidae Craniophora Animalia Lepidoptera 4 357 Arthropoda species ligustri  Shape of gnawed holes in eggs. Caterpillars nibble out either a small oval opening at lateral part of egg ( fig. 13) or nibble out narrow opening an entire egg perimeter; in latter case central cover on thin “stem” is remained only ( fig. 14). If this fragment, all top of chorion falls off. O v i p o s i t i o n. Eggs solitary laid.