Table 2.

Kendall correlation coefficients between phenotypic traits measured in Heliothis subflexa, Heliothis virescens, and VS backcross insects.

		Larval Start Weight	Larval Feeding	Percent Change in Larval Weight	Change in Fruit Weight	Assimilation Efficiency

VS backcross insects	Larval Start Weight	—
	Willingness to feed on Physalis	0.18^***	—
	Percent Change in Larval Weight	−0.12^***	—¹	—
	Change in Fruit Weight	−0.07^**	—¹	0.25^***	—
	Assimilation Efficiency	0.13^***	—¹	0.70^***	0.11^***	—
	Number of Holes in Calyx	0.06^**	−0.20^***	−0.18^***	−0.07^*	−0.14^***

H. subflexa control insects	Larval Start Weight	—
	Willingness to feed on Physalis	−0.10^†	—
	Percent Change in Larval Weight	−0.53^***	—¹	—
	Change in Fruit Weight	−0.06^†	—¹	0.20^**	—
	Assimilation Efficiency	−0.12^*	—¹	0.41^***	−0.15^*	—
	Number of Holes in Calyx	−0.08^†	0.28^***	0.12^†	−0.02^†	0.18^*

H. virescens control insects	Larval Start Weight	—
	Willingness to feed on Physalis	0.10^†	—
	Percent Change in Larval Weight	−0.06^†	—¹	—
	Change in Fruit Weight	0.22^***	—¹	0.15^*	—
	Assimilation Efficiency	−0.06^†	—¹	0.82^***	0.10^†	—
	Number of Holes in Calyx	−0.11^†	0.002^†	−0.07^†	−0.006^†	−0.09^†

^***

p ≤ 0.0001;

^**

p ≤ 0.001;

p ≤ 0.05

^†

Correlation not significant

Only measured when larval feeding occurred