Effect of Petroleum Products on the Larvicidal Activity of Aedes Mosquitoes in Ika North-East LGA, Delta State, Nigeria

Table 3: Summary of toxicity of Aedes aegypti larvae and pupae to petroleum products.

Treatments	N	Regression line	Pearson goodness of fit	LC₅₀ (95% CI)	LC₉₅ (95% CI)
Larvae	-	-	-	-	-
Kerosene	60	Y= 2.61X + 7.00	2.91	0.0021 (0.0016-0.0029)	0.0088 (0.0071-0.0092)
Petrol	60	Y= 12.90X + 31.34	0.0002	0.0037 (0.0029-0.0041)	0.0050 (0.0042-0.0057)
Kerosene and Petrol	60	Y= 2.61X + 7.00	2.91	0.0021 (0.0016-0.0029)	0.0088 (0.0071-0.0092)
Pupae	-	-	-	-	-
Kerosene	60	Y= 16.43X + 38.33	0.0003	0.0046 (0.0039-0.0052)	0.0059 (0.0051-0.0067)
Petrol	60	Y= 16.43X + 38.33	0.0003	0.0046 (0.0039-0.0052)	0.0059 (0.0051-0.0067)
Kerosene and Petrol	60	Y= 12.90X + 31.34	0.0002	0.0037 (0.0029-0.0041)	0.0050 (0.0042-0.0057)

N: Total number of mosquitoes assayed; 50% and 95% lethal concentration, LC₅₀ and LC₉₅, are in ml; 95% confidence interval CI; p> 0.05 suggests a well-fitting model, p< 0.05 suggests an invalid model population.