Table 1.
Instar | Pathway | Statistics (log. regr.) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct | Diapause | Dir. dev. (%) | χ 2 | df | P | ||
P. napi | |||||||
Long day → short day | |||||||
I | 1 | 29 | 3.3 | ||||
II–III | 2 | 32 | 6.3 | Sex | 0.29 | 1 | 0.5886 |
IV | 11 | 24 | 31.4 | Instar moved | 86 | 4 | <0.001 |
V | 49 | 7 | 87.5 | ||||
Short day → long day | |||||||
I | 26 | 0 | 100 | ||||
II–III | 44 | 1 | 97.8 | Sex | 0.046 | 1 | 0.83 |
IV | 43 | 2 | 95.6 | Instar moved | 73.9 | 4 | <0.001 |
V | 22 | 34 | 39.3 | ||||
A. levana | |||||||
Long day → short day | |||||||
I | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
II | 0 | 29 | 0 | Sex | 0.68 | 1 | 0.41 |
III | 0 | 28 | 0 | Instar moved | 126.5 | 4 | <0.001 |
IV | 11 | 18 | 37.9 | ||||
V | 27 | 0 | 100 | ||||
Short day → long day | |||||||
I | 30 | 0 | 100 | ||||
II | 26 | 0 | 100 | Sex | 0.14 | 1 | 0.71 |
III | 29 | 0 | 100 | Instar moved | 54.8 | 4 | <0.001 |
IV | 29 | 0 | 100 | ||||
V | 15 | 15 | 50 | ||||
P. aegeria | |||||||
Long day → short day | |||||||
II | 0 | 10 | 0 | Sexa | 7.45 | 1 | 0.0063 |
III | 0 | 22 | 0 | Instar moved | 57.1 | 2 | <0.001 |
IV | 7a | 24a | 22.6 | ||||
Short day → long day | |||||||
II | 12 | 0 | 100 | Sex | NAb | NA | NA |
III | 28 | 0 | 100 | Instar moved | NA | NA | NA |
IV | 22 | 0 | 100 |
Significant differences are highlighted in bold
aSix of 13 males entered diapause whereas only 1 of 18 females entered diapause when transferred to the short day treatment in the ultimate instar
bNo variation in dataset