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Table 2 Mean number of larvae on each host species per week and per year

From: Budburst phenology and host use by Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in three Mediterranean oak species

Year

Host plant

W1

W2

W3

W4

W5

W6

Mean number of larvae

2010

Q. canariensis

3.1 ± 1.4

7.5 ± 2.7

14.7 ± 7.2

23.2 ± 7

21.2 ± 6.2

15.5 ± 3.6

12 ± 2

Q. afares

0.4 ± 0.3

3.5 ± 1.3

4.6 ± 1.6

2.7 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 1

1.9 ± 0.6

2.7 ± 0.4

Q. suber

0

0

0

1.9 ± 0.9

1.9 ± 0.8

1.4 ± 0.8

1.7 ± 0.6

2011

Q. canariensis

1.2 ± 0.4

9.4 ± 2

24.2 ± 5.7

20.8 ± 6.3

16.8 ± 4.4

4.9 ± 2.1

12.9 ± 2

Q. afares

0

3.6 ± 0.9

5.9 ± 1.2

3.7 ± 0.8

3.1 ± 1

0.8 ± 0.5

2.8 ± 0.4

Q. suber

0

0

0

0

2.5 ± 1.4

4.2 ± 1.5

1.13 ± 0.3

2012

Q. canariensis

3.5 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1

6.3 ± 2.6

4 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 1

2.7 ± 1

3.5 ± 0.6

Q. afares

1.7 ± 0.6

2.4 ± 0.7

3.8 ± 1.3

3.3 ± 1.2

1.1 ± .5

0.8 ± 0.4

2.2 ± 0.4

Q. suber

0

0

0

0

0.8 ± 0.5

0.4 ± 0.2

0.2 ± 0.1

  1. W1 3rd week of March, W2 4th week of March, W3 1st week of April, W4 2nd week of April, W5 3rd week of April, W6 4th week of April