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SUBMITTER: Joyce AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4206286 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joyce Andrea L AL White William H WH Nuessly Gregg S GS Solis M Alma MA Scheffer Sonja J SJ Lewis Matthew L ML Medina Raul F RF
PloS one 20141022 10
The sugarcane borer moth, Diatraea saccharalis, is widespread throughout the Western Hemisphere, and is considered an introduced species in the southern United States. Although this moth has a wide distribution and is a pest of many crop plants including sugarcane, corn, sorghum and rice, it is considered one species. The objective was to investigate whether more than one introduction of D. saccharalis had occurred in the southern United States and whether any cryptic species were present. We fi ...[more]