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

Table 3

Measurements of adult Aedes aegypti resulted from different larval nutritional regimes.

Larval diet concentration (%)	Thoracic length (mm)		Thoracic width (mm)		Abdominal length (mm)		Abdominal width (mm)		Wing length (mm)
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
6	1.00 ± 0.04^a	1.34 ± 0.03^a	0.75 ± 0.02^a	0.97 ± 0.02^a	2.20 ± 0.03^a	2.60 ± 0.03^a	0.44 ± 0.02^a	0.64 ± 0.01^a	2.36 ± 0.04^a	3.12 ± 0.03^a
	(0.06–1.04)	(1.31–1.37)	(0.73–0.77)	(0.95–0.99)	(2.17–2.23)	(2.57–2.63)	(0.42–0.46)	(0.63–0.65)	(2.32–2.40)	(3.09–3.15)
8	0.99 ± 0.04^a	1.33 ± 0.03^a	0.74 ± 0.02^a	0.96 ± 0.02^a	2.21 ± 0.03^a	2.60 ± 0.03^a	0.47 ± 0.02^a,b	0.68 ± 0.01^a,b	2.37 ± 0.04^a	3.13 ± 0.03^a
	(0.95–1.03)	(1.30–1.36)	(0.72–0.76)	(0.94–0.98)	(2.18–2.24)	(2.58–2.63)	(0.45–0.49)	(0.67–0.69)	(2.33–2.41)	(3.10–3.16)
10	1.14 ± 0.04^b	1.52 ± 0.03^b	0.80 ± 0.02^a	1.03 ± 0.02^a	2.40 ± 0.03^b	2.83 ± 0.03^b	0.51 ± 0.02^b	0.75 ± 0.01^b	2.54 ± 0.04^b	3.36 ± 0.03^b
	(1.10–1.18)	(1.49–1.55)	(0.78–0.82)	(1.01–1.05)	(2.37–2.43)	(2.80–2.86)	(0.49–0.53)	(0.74–0.76)	(2.50–2.58)	(3.33–3.39)

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.