Chorion Characteristics of Sod Webworm Eggs

Author: MATHENY ELLIS L.   HEINRICHS E. A.  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.65, Iss.1, 1972-01, pp. : 238-246

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Abstract

The egg chorion was investigated for 15 species of sod webworm moths (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) collected in Tennessee. Liquid plastic was used for surface printing of chorion sculpturing. Scanning electron micrographs were utilized in construction of a taxonomic key to eggs of the Crambinae species studied and the characteristics illustrated.