About the Authors

Loganathan Ponnusamy

loganathan_ponnusamy@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Katalin Böröczky

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Dawn M. Wesson

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Coby Schal

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Charles S. Apperson

Affiliation Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP CSA CS. Performed the experiments: LP. Analyzed the data: LP CSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP CSA. Wrote the paper: LP CSA CS KB DMW.