ONLINE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:

S1. Rothschildia lebeau caterpillar survivorship in the field from hatching to adulthood on three host plant species in three consecutive generations.

Period / generation / Host plant / Initial number of first instars / Represent-ative number of femalesa / Number of pupae produced (%) / Number of
adults produced (%) / Number of adults produced / femaleb
EWS 2005 / C. nitida / 214 / 0.7 / 40 (18.7) / 10 (4.7) / 14.3
E. mexicanum / 157 / 0.5 / 12 (7.6) / 2 (1.3) / 4.0
S. mombin / 190 / 0.6 / 7 (4) / 3 (1.6) / 5.0
Overall / 561 / 1.8 / 59 (10.5) / 15 (2.7) / 8.3
LWS 2005 / C. nitida / 340 / 1.1 / 3 (0.9) / 2 (0.6) / 1.8
E. mexicanum / 260 / 0.8 / 1 (0.4) / 0 / 0
S. mombin / 260 / 0.8 / 1 (0.4) / 0 / 0
Overall / 860 / 2.7 / 5 (0.6) / 2 (0.2) / 0.7
EWS 2006 / C. nitida / 198 / 0.6 / 6 (3.0) / 0 / 0
E. mexicanum / 199 / 0.6 / 11 (5.5) / 0 / 0
S. mombin / 209 / 0.7 / 4 (1.9) / 0 / 0
Overall / 606 / 1.9 / 21 (3.5) / 0 / 0
All periods / C. nitida / 752 / 2.4 / 49 (6.5) / 12 (1.6) / 5
E. mexicanum / 616 / 1.9 / 24 (3.9) / 2 (0.3) / 1.1
S. mombin / 659 / 2.1 / 12 (1.8) / 3 (0.5) / 1.4
Overall / 2,027 / 6.4 / 85 (4.2) / 17 (0.8) / 2.7

a Calculated by dividing column 3 by an observed average egg-load of 316 eggs/female (n = 73).

b Calculated by dividing the number of adults produced in column 6 by column 4.

S2. Summary data of Rothschildia lebeau adult performance variables from caterpillars raised from hatching to pupation in large protective nets on three host plant species in three consecutive generations. Data given as mean ± S.E. with sample size in parentheses. A dash indicates that data were not available.

Period / Generation
Response / Host plant / EWS 2005 / LWS 2005 / EWS 2006
Adult FWL (mm)
Female / C. nitida / 64.13 ± 1.95 (5) / 63.42 ± 0.53 (7) / 62.61± 1.42 (3)
E. mexicanum / 59.58 ± 1.50 (9) / 60.85 ± 2.53 (3) / 64.42 ± 0.67 (6)
S. mombin / 65.40 ± 1.24 (8) / 66.28 ± 1.09 (13) / 66.63 ± 0.88 (15)
Male / C. nitida / 56.22 ± 1.12 (14) / 57.01 ± 2.00 (3) / 61.97 ± 1.36 (8)
E. mexicanum / 50.60 ± 1.29 (13) / 54.45 ± 2.47 (5) / 58.15 ± 0.99 (18)
S. mombin / 60.96 ± 0.73 (13) / 64.75 ± 1.48 (7) / 60.08 ± 0.60 (21)
Development time (days)
Female / C. nitida / 52.8 ± 4.2 (5) / 81.8 ± 4.1 (6) / -
E. mexicanum / 56.4 ± 4.3 (9) / 59.7 ± 5.7 (3) / -
S. mombin / 61.0 ± 3.3 (8) / 73.7 ± 2.8 (13) / -
Male / C. nitida / 45.9 ± 1.0 (14) / 71.0 ± 6.0 (2) / -
E. mexicanum / 48.3 ± 1.0 (13) / 61.8 ± 3.8 (5) / -
S. mombin / 54.5 ± 1.0 (13) / 71.9 ± 3.2 (7) / -
Egg load (number) / C. nitida / 346.4 ± 30.4 (5) / 271.0 ± 34.1 (7) / 262 (1)
E. mexicanum / 285.3 ± 28.2 (9) / 297.0 ± 34.9 (3) / 369.5 ± 6.3 (4)
S. mombin / 310.5 ± 32.1 (8) / 329.2 ± 27.9 (11) / 303.7 ± 15.8 (11)
Egg size (mg) / C. nitida / 2.68 ± 0.15 (5) / 2.63 ± 0.09 (7) / 2.53 (1)
E. mexicanum / 2.57 ± 0.06 (9) / 2.65 ± 0.04 (3) / 2.43 ± 0.05 (4)
S. mombin / 2.71 ± 0.16 (8) / 2.71 ± 0.10 (11) / 2.56 ± 0.08 (11)
Longevity (days) / C. nitida / 9.4 ± 0.8 (13) / 6 (1) / 14.8 ± 1.3 (4)
E. mexicanum / 7.3 ± 0.6 (12) / 7.6 ± 1.2 (5) / 10.7 ± 1.1 (15)
S. mombin / 10.4 ± 0.9 (12) / 11.3 ± 3.2 (4) / 10.3 ± 0.5 (16)