Table 2.

Larvicidal activity of thyme oil nanoemulsion against III instar larvae of Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti and Culex tritaeniorhynchus after 24 h and 48 h.

Mosquito sp.	Time (h)	Equation	LC50 (ppm) (LFL-UFL)	LC90 (ppm) (LFL-UFL)	chi square
A. stephensi	24	y = 3.708x − 1.487	56.13 (46.2–67.35)	124.38 (96.2–206.5)	2.96
	48	y = 3.158x + 0.028	37.49 (27.89–46.11)	95.44 (73.6–155.5)	7.29
A. aegypti	24	y = 1.933x + 1.581	58.72 (41.74–85.44)	270.33 (126.53–510.67)	0.728
	48	y = 1.48x + 2.97	23.49 (11.86–35.86)	172.5 (96.38–652.01)	0.179
C. tritaeniorhynchus	24	y = 1.375x + 3.138	22.58 (11.72–35.32)	193.13 (100.88–849.46)	3.593
	48	y = 1.191x + 4.227	4.45 (0.59–9.54)	53.0 (28.13–183.55)	6.76

LFL Lower fiducial limit, UFL Upper fiducial limit.