Table 1 Percent predictive accuracy of NIRS for determining the age of female Ae. albopictus into specific age groups.

From: First report on the application of near-infrared spectroscopy to predict the age of Aedes albopictus Skuse

% Predictive accuracy per age group

Sample set

Age group

(Days)

1

3

7

9

13

16

20

25

Overall % accuracy

Training set

<7, ≥7

87.5

85

95

90

97.5

97.5

97.5

100

93.5

<7, 7–13, >13

70

72.5

85

90

72.5

75

50

85

76

Validation set

<7, ≥7

89

100

83

80

95

100

93

100

94.5

>7, 7–13 > 13

78

90

67

80

77

50

28

64

70.5