Table 1. Nested Two-way ANOVA for effects of host-plant and gender on life history traits in Pararge aegeri.
| Trait | Source | d.f | MS | F-Ratio | P |
| Larval time (days) | Host plant | 2 | 77.032 | 3.38 | 0.040 |
| Mean R2 = 0.55 | Gender | 1 | 0.022 | 0.001 | 0.975 |
| Interaction | 2 | 30.35 | 1.33 | 0.271 | |
| Plant (species) | 12 | 116.24 | 5.1 | 0.000 | |
| Error | 65 | 22.81 | |||
| Pupal time (days) | Host plant | 2 | 10.84 | 1.96 | 0.151 |
| Mean R2 = 0.49 | Gender | 1 | 5.88 | 1.07 | 0.307 |
| Interaction | 2 | 3.79 | 0.69 | 0.508 | |
| Plant (species) | 11 | 13.42 | 2.43 | 0.017 | |
| Error | 48 | 5.52 | |||
| Total development time (days) | Host plant | 2 | 137.69 | 5.03 | 0.010 |
| Mean R2 = 0.59 | Gender | 1 | 9.57 | 0.35 | 0.557 |
| Interaction | 2 | 24.99 | 0.91 | 0.408 | |
| Plant (species) | 11 | 110.93 | 4.05 | 0.000 | |
| Error | 48 | 27.39 | |||
| Pupal mass (mg) | Host plant | 2 | 0.003 | 23.59 | 0.000 |
| Mean R2 = 0.78 | Gender | 1 | 0.001 | 4.15 | 0.046 |
| Interaction | 2 | 0.001 | 7.09 | 0.002 | |
| Plant (species) | 12 | 0.001 | 6.92 | 0.000 | |
| Error | 61 | 0.000 | |||
| Growth rate (mg/day) | Host plant | 2 | 4.28 | 10.75 | 0.000 |
| Gender | 1 | 0.50 | 1.26 | 0.266 | |
| Interaction | 2 | 1.69 | 4.24 | 0.019 | |
| Plant (species) | 12 | 2.16 | 5.42 | 0.000 | |
| Error | 61 | 0.40 |