Phylogeography of the Spanish Moon Moth Graellsia isabellae (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographic and demographic factors as well as specialisation to a new host-plant may lead to host-associated differentiation in plant-feeding insects. We explored the phylogeography of a protected moth, Graellsia isabellae, and its two recognised host-plant species (Pinus sylvestris and P. nigra) in order to seek for any concordance useful to disentangle the evolutionary history of this iconic lepidopteran.

Results

DNA variation in one mitochondrial marker and nine nuclear microsatellite loci revealed a strong phylogeographic pattern across 28 populations of G. isabellae studied in Spain and France comprising six groups mostly distributed along different mountain ranges. Reanalysis of a previously published chloroplast microsatellite dataset revealed a three and t

SUBMITTER: Mari-Mena N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4919910 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature