Materials and methods
Mosquito larvae
The Ae. albopictus larvae used in this study were kindly provided by
the Insect Physiology Laboratory of Chonbuk National University, Korea.
The mosquito larvae were kept at 28±1 °C, 65±5% of relative humidity
(RH) with a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D) and feed with artificial diet in
the laboratory (Shin and Lee, 2014).