DNA barcoding and morphology reveal three cryptic species of Anania (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) in North America,all distinct from their European counterpart |
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| Authors: | ZHAOFU YANG JEAN‐FRANÇOIS LANDRY LOUIS HANDFIELD YALIN ZHANG M ALMA SOLIS DANIEL HANDFIELD BRIAN G SCHOLTENS MARKO MUTANEN MATTHIAS NUSS PAUL D N HEBERT |
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| Institution: | 1. Key laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministry of Education;2. Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China;3. Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada;4. Agriculture and Agri‐Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada;5. 133 rue Messier, #301, Mont‐Saint‐Hilaire, Québec J3H 2W8, Canada;6. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum Natural History, Washington, DC 20013‐7012, U.S.A.;7. Chemin des Grands Coteaux, Saint‐Mathieu‐de‐Beloeil, Québec, Canada;8. Department of Biology, College of Charleston, SC, U.S.A.;9. Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Zoological Museum, Oulu, Finland;10. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, K?nigsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Anania coronata (Hufnagel), a Holarctic species of pyraustine crambid moth, has long been treated as having two geographically separated subspecies – the nominotypical Anania coronata in the Palaearctic Region and Anania coronata tertialis (Guenée) in the Nearctic Region. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analysis of mitochondrial DNA barcodes both recover four well‐supported, reciprocally monophyletic groups within Anania coronata. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of genital structures reveal diagnostic differences that correspond to the four barcode lineages. On the basis of both molecular and morphological evidence, we conclude that Anania coronata is actually a complex of four species. Anania coronata (Hufnagel) is restricted to Europe, whereas three species occur in North America: Anania tertialis (Guenée), Anania plectilis (Grote & Robinson) and Anania tennesseensis sp.n. Yang. |
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