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A DNA Barcode Library for North American Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Yang Zhaofu, Landry Jean-François, Hebert Paul D N
Abstract excerpt
Although members of the crambid subfamily Pyraustinae are frequently important crop pests, their identification is often difficult because many species lack conspicuous diagnostic morphological characters. DNA barcoding employs sequence diversity in a short standardized gene region to facilitate specimen identifications and species discovery. This study provides a DNA barcode reference library for North American...
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