About the Authors

G. Veera Singham

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

veerasingham@usm.my

Current address: Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia

Affiliations Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia, Population Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Ahmad Sofiman Othman

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Chow-Yang Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Urban Entomology Laboratory, Vector Control Research Unit, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from Bayer Crop Science, a commercial company, for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.