Tracing an invasion: Phylogeography of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in the United States based on mitochondrial DNA

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 899-905

  Simonsen, Thomas J ^a   Brown, Richard L ^b   Sperling, Felix A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactoblastis cactorum; Dispersal; Introduction; Invasive species; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISPERSAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOTH; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 54149116106     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[899:TAIPOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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