Colonization of Northern Europe by Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera).

ABSTRACT: Northern and mountainous ice sheets have expanded and contracted many times due to ice ages. Consequently, temperate species have been confined to refugia during the glacial periods wherefrom they have recolonized warming northern habitats between ice ages. In this study, we compare the gene CYP405A2 between different populations of the common burnet moth Zygaena filipendulae from across the Western Palearctic region to illuminate the colonization history of this species. These data show two major clusters of Z. filipendulae populations possibly reflecting two different refugial populations during the last ice age. The two types of Z. filipendulae only co-occur in Denmark, Sweden, and Scotland indicating that Northern Europe comprise the hybridization zone where

SUBMITTER: Zagrobelny M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6476778 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature