| Food plant | % mortality in larval stage | Developmental period in daysa | No. of eggs per femalea | |||
| Female | male | |||||
| N. tabacum | 100 (93) | - | - | 0 (57) | ||
| N. gossei | 100 (68) | - | - | 0 (46) | ||
| N. rustica | 100 (30) | - | - | not examined | ||
| A. hypogaea | 21.9 (32) | 17.1 ± 1.1 (7) | 16.6 ± 1.0 (18) | not examined | ||
| P. vulgaris | 14.0 (229) | 14.5 ± 1.1 (50) | 13.4 ± 0.8 (50) | 101.0 ± 29.6 (11) | ||