Effect of Larval Nutritional Regimes on Morphometry and Vectorial Capacity of Aedes aegypti for Dengue Transmission

Table 2

Measurements of 4^th instar larvae Aedes aegypti fed with different concentration of larval diet.

Larval diet concentration (%)	Head length (mm)	Head width (mm)	Thoracic length (mm)	Thoracic width (mm)	Abdominal length (mm)	Abdominal width (mm)	Total length (mm)
6	0.51 ± 0.20^a	0.53 ± 0.20^a	0.56 ± 0.50^a	0.55 ± 0.04^a	2.85 ± 0.20^a	0.31 ± 0.04^a	3.90 ± 0.20^a
	(0.31–0.71)	(0.33–0.73)	(1.06–0.06)	(0.51–0.59)	(2.65–3.05)	(0.27–0.35)	(3.70–4.10)
8	0.56 ± 0.20^b	0.54 ± 0.20^a	0.58 ± 0.50^a	0.59 ± 0.04^a	3.33 ± 0.20^b	0.39 ± 0.04^a,b	4.35 ± 0.20^a
	(0.36–0.76)	(0.34–0.74)	(1.08–0.08)	(0.55–0.63)	(3.13–3.53)	(0.35–0.43)	(4.15–4.55)
10	0.66 ± 0.20^c	0.64 ± 0.20^b	0.67 ± 0.50^a	(0.94 ± 0.04)^b	3.74 ± 0.20^b	0.48 ± 0.04^b	4.95 ± 0.20^b
	(0.46–0.86)	(0.44–0.84)	(1.17–0.17)	(0.90–0.98)	(3.54–3.94)	(0.44–0.52)	(5.15–4.75)

Note. Values are mean ± SE, range in parenthesis. Different superscript letters in a column show significant differences () as suggested by General Linear Modelling followed by Tukey’s HSD (honest significant difference) at 95% level of significance.