Chorion Characteristics of Sod Webworm Eggs

Authors

Ellis L. Matheny Jr., University of Tennessee
E. A. Heinrichs, University of TennesseeFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1-1972

Citation

Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65:1 (January 1972), pp. 238–246.

doi: 10.1093/aesa/65.1.238

Comments

Copyright © 1972 Entomological Society of America. Published by Oxford University Press. Used by permission.

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.