DNA barcoding unravels contrasting evolutionary history of two widespread Asian tiger moth species during the Late Pleistocene.

ABSTRACT: Populations of widespread pest insects in tropical areas are characterized by a complex evolutionary history, with overlapping natural and human-mediated dispersal events, sudden expansions, and bottlenecks. Here, we provide biogeographic reconstructions for two widespread pest species in the tiger moth genus Creatonotos (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) based on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. The Asian Creatonotos transiens reveals shallow genetic divergence between distant populations that does not support its current intraspecific systematics with several local subspecies. In contrast, the more widespread Creatonotos gangis comprises at least three divergent subclades corresponding to certain geographic areas, i.e. Australia, Arabia + South Asia and Southe

SUBMITTER: Spitsyn VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5884489 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature