Egg Morphology and Chorion Fine Structure of Lepidopteran Pest Species Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée) (Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

Authors

  • Deepinderpal Singh
     Department of Life Sciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh – 147 303, Punjab
  • H. S. Rose
     Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala – 147 002, Punjab
  • P. C. Pathania
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/145800

Keywords:

Chorion SEM, Egg, Micropyle.

Abstract

The eggs of a species of subfamily Spilomelinae i.e., Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée) belonging to family Crambidae, commonly known as jasmine leaf webworm were examined through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and studied their surface ornamentation displayed on the egg chorion to raise a taxonomic key for more accurate identification. Surface texture of the chorion considered in combination with overall shape was enough to distinguish all the species examined. The surface textures of egg shells can be used to describe, classify and identification of the species from taxonomic view point. The egg surface have a gap like structure denoted as micropyle which further contains rosettes, cross ribs and aeropyles which differs in higher taxonomic groups. In the species i.e., Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée), the egg chorion sculpture appeared as irregular ridges join the rosettes which surrounds the micropyle.

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Published

2019-12-31

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Singh, D., Rose, H. S., & Pathania, P. C. (2019). Egg Morphology and Chorion Fine Structure of Lepidopteran Pest Species <i>Nausinoe geometralis</i> (Guenée) (Crambidae: Spilomelinae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(4), 504–506. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/145800

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Volume 119, Issue 4, 2019

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