Cryptic east-west divergence and molecular diagnostics for two species of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae: Leucopis) from North America being evaluated for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid
Havill N, Gaimari S, Caccone A. Cryptic east-west divergence and molecular diagnostics for two species of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae: Leucopis) from North America being evaluated for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid. Biological Control 2018, 121: 23-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEastern North AmericaNorth AmericaPacific NorthwestBiological controlHemlock Woolly AdelgidEast-west divergenceMitochondrial COI geneBiological control agentsEastern United StatesDNA sequence dataLeucopis argenticollisPrey associationsWoolly AdelgidAdelgid speciesAdelgidWestern lineageGenetic diversityNuclear genesCOI geneHemlockDistinct lineagesControl agentsBeneficial genotypesSequence dataWestern hemlock