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Large-scale genetic admixture suggests high dispersal in an insect pest, the apple fruit moth.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Elameen Abdelhameed, Klütsch Cornelya F C, Fløystad Ida, Knudsen Geir K, Tasin Marco, Hagen Snorre B, Eiken Hans Geir
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge about population genetic structure and dispersal capabilities is important for the development of targeted management strategies for agricultural pest species. The apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), is a pre-dispersal seed predator. Larvae feed on rowanberries (Sorbus aucuparia), and when rowanberry seed production is low (i.e., inter-masting), the moth switches from...
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