Table 2. Ranking of the candidate reference genes as determined by RefFinder.

Conditions	Rank	Gene	Geomean of ranking values
Development stage and sex	1	ylsRPS15p	1.57
	2	ylsACT	1.86
	3	ylsEF1α	2.45
	4	ylsTUB	4.23
	5	ylsRPS11	4.76
	6	ylsGADPH	5.48
	7	ylsRPS15e	5.96
	8	ylsUBQ	7.24
Artificial diet	1	ylsACT	1.19
	2	ylsTUB	1.41
	3	ylsEF1α	3.41
	4	ylsRPS15e	4.00
	5	ylsGADPH	5.44
	6	ylsRPS11	5.45
	7	ylsRPS15p	6.24
	8	ylsUBQ	8.00
Temperature	1	ylsRPS15e	1.41
	2	ylsGADPH	2.51
	3	ylsACT	2.59
	4	ylsTUB	3.64
	5	ylsEF1α	4.12
	6	ylsUBQ	5.42
	7	ylsRPS15p	5.66
	8	ylsRPS11	8.00