Table 7. Validation of the developed phenology model through comparison of observed and simulated developmental and mortality rates of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii life stages.

		Eggs		Larvae		Pupa		Euclidian distance
		Developmental time (days)	Mortality (%)	Developmental time (days)	Mortality (%)	Developmental time (days)	Mortality (%)
C. rosa	Simulated	2.325 ± 0.06	0.108 ± 0.06	9.105 ± 0.16	0.198 ± 0.06	11.873 ± 0.32	0.588 ± 0.18	Egg	6.40
	Observed	2.253 ± 0.15	0.151 ± 0.02	8.956 ± 0.10	0.139 ± 0.01	11.736 ± 0.12	0.662 ± 0.07	Larva	14.88
	P-value	0.0002	0.0045	0.0011	0.0005	0.0587	0.0657	Pupa	16.20
								Female	8.61
								Male	17.04
C. quilicii	Simulated	2.048 ± 0.11	0.102 ± 0.04	9.060 ± 0.12	0.165 ± 0.06	12.182 ± 0.16	0.594 ± 0.13	Egg	6.39
	Observed	2.098 ± 0.35	0.137 ± 0.21	9.100 ± 0.17	0.146 ± 0.09	12.019 ± 0.23	0.601 ± 0.19	Larva	10.99
	P-value	0.0404	0.0030	0.1552	0.1405	0.0006	0.8272	Pupa	8.89
								Female	9.18
								Male	11.12

Average ± SE: standard errors are calculated from the observed and simulated life table data