Table 1 Abbreviations of developmental stages studied, characteristics and time to eclosion, in hours.

Hours Stages Characteristics 190 Pw white-eyed pupae, unpigmented cuticle 170 Pp pink-eyed pupae, unpigmented cuticle 160 Pb brown-eyed pupae, unpigmented cuticle 85 Pbl brown-eyed pupae, light pigmented cuticle 60 Pbm* brown-eyed pupae, intermediary pigmented cuticle 30 Pbd brown-eyed pupae, dark pigmented cuticle 10 Pha pharate adult (pupae that look like adults) 0 Ne newly emerged 1d-3d days after emergence

*in some experiments, Pbm was subdivided in I, II and III, according to the progressing cuticle pigmentation