Development of an Alternative Low-Cost Larval Diet for Mass Rearing of Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Table 2

Morphometric parameters of Ae. aegypti adults fed different larval diets.

Larval diet

Wing length (mm)

Wing width (mm)

Thoracic length (mm)

Thoracic width (mm)

Abdominal length (mm)

Abdominal width (mm)

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

D1

^b (5.06-5.12)

^c (5.08-5.12)

^b (1.04-1.08)

^a,b (1.30-1.34)

^b (1.64-1.66)

^b (1.81-1.83)

^b (1.20-1.22)

^b (1.36-1.40)

^b (4.02-4.08)

^b (4.03-4.13)

^b (0.67-0.69)

^b (0.83-0.89)

D2

^a (5.16-5.22)

^a (5.23-5.31)

^a (1.13-1.17)

^a (1.33-1.37)

^a (1.78-1.80)

^a (1.90-1.94)

^a (1.36-1.40)

^a (1.43-1.47)

^a (4.23-4.31)

^a (4.20-4.30)

^a (0.78-0.86)

^a (0.93-0.99)

D3

^b (5.08-5.14)

^b (5.17-5.21)

^a (1.13-1.15)

^b (1.29-1.31)

^a (1.77-1.79)

^a (1.86-1.90)

^a (1.33-1.37)

^a,b (1.42-1.44)

^c (4.15-4.21)

^a (4.15-4.23)

^b (0.68-0.72)

^a (0.92-0.96)

Note: values are the with the range in parenthesis. Different letters in a column denote significant differences () at a 95% level of confidence based on the General Linear Model followed by Tukey’s pairwise comparison.