High intraspecific variability and previous experience affect polyphenol metabolism in polyphagous Lymantria mathura caterpillars

These are primary data showing polyphenol profiles in leaf and Lymantria mathura frass samples as detected by the study by Volf et al.

All polyphenol concentrations are given in mg/g of dry leaf tissue.

The submission contains following files:

Background_trees.txt

This file shows concentrations of polyphenols in leaves of 30 individuals of Acer amoenum, Carpinus cordata, and Quercus crispula. Rows correspond to tree individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Individual.code: Unique sample identifier
• Species: Tree species
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F1_concentrations.txt

This file shows concentrations of polyphenols detected in caterpillar frass during Phase I of our experiment. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F1_ingested-excreted.txt

This file shows differences between ingested and excreted polyphenols detected during Phase I of our experiment. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Eaten.leaves: Dry weight of leaf tissue consumed by the caterpillar (in g)
• Produced.frass: Dry weight of frass produced by the caterpillar individual (in g)
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_concentrations_ACE.txt

This file shows concentrations of polyphenols detected in the frass of caterpillars fed with Acer amoenum during Phase II of our experiment. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Acer in Phase I.

The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_concentrations_CAR.txt

This file shows concentrations of polyphenols detected in the frass of caterpillars fed with Carpinus cordata during Phase II of our experiment. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Carpinus in Phase I.

The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_concentrations_Que.txt

This file shows concentrations of polyphenols detected in the frass of caterpillars fed with Quercus crispula during Phase II of our experiment. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Quercus in Phase I.

The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_ingested-excreted_ACE.txt

This file shows differences between ingested and excreted polyphenols detected when considering caterpillars fed with Acer amoneum in Phase II of our experiment. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Acer in Phase I. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• Eaten.leaves: Dry weight of leaf tissue consumed by the caterpillar (in g)
• Produced.frass: Dry weight of frass produced by the caterpillar individual (in g)
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_ingested-excreted_CAR.txt

This file shows differences between ingested and excreted polyphenols detected when considering caterpillars fed with Carpinus cordata in Phase II of our experiment. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Carpinus in Phase I. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• Eaten.leaves: Dry weight of leaf tissue consumed by the caterpillar (in g)
• Produced.frass: Dry weight of frass produced by the caterpillar individual (in g)
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.

F2_ingested-excreted_QUE.txt

This file shows differences between ingested and excreted polyphenols detected when considering caterpillars fed with Quercus crispula in Phase II of our experiment. In Phase II, we considered only the metabolites that we previously recorded (>0.01 mg/g) in more than 25% frass samples from Quercus in Phase I. Rows correspond to caterpillar individuals. The file contains following columns:

• Sample.code: Unique sample identifier
• Original.tree: Tree species used as the host in Phase I of the experiment
• Transfered.to: Tree species used as the host in Phase II of the experiment
• Eaten.leaves: Dry weight of leaf tissue consumed by the caterpillar (in g)
• Produced.frass: Dry weight of frass produced by the caterpillar individual (in g)
• The remaining columns provide concentrations of individual polyphenol variables.