Table 3 in Biology And Physiological Host Range Of Four Species Of Platyphora Gistel (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Associated With Solanum Mauritianum Scop. (Solanaceae) In South America

Table 3. Percentage survival, mean (±SE) duration of development and mass of emergent adults of Platyphora biforis reared on the natural host, Solanum mauritianum, and on other non­target Solanum species. Test plantSurvival (%)1 to:Duration (days)2 until:Adult mass (mg)2PupationAdulthoodPupationAdulthoodFemalesMalesS. mauritianum29 a26 a17 ± 1 ab36 ± 1 ab74 ± 3 a60 abS. duplo­sinuatum33 a33 a19 ± 2 ab38 ± 2 abc71 ± 5 a73 ± 3 bS. melongena25 a8 ab19 ± 2 ab42 ± 5 bc——S. tomentosum35 a28 a19 ± 1 ab40 ± 3 abc70 ± 5 a58 ± 6 abS. coccineum38 a23 a14 ± 0 a33 ± 1 a63 ± 3 a55 ± 5 abS. tuberosum3 b0 b21 b———S. cf. linnaeanum37 a17 ab18 ± 1 ab46 ± 5 c60 a43 ± 8 a 1 Totals compared by Chi 2; those followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P> 0.05). 2 Means compared by One­way ANOVA; those followed by the same letter are not significantly different (P> 0.05; Duncan’s multiple range test).