1. Uncovered variability in olive moth (Prays oleae) questions species monophyly
- Author
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Tânia Nobre, Fernando Rei, and Luis Gomes
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Heredity ,Speciation ,Moths ,01 natural sciences ,Trees ,Monophyly ,Phylogeny ,Data Management ,Multidisciplinary ,Ecology ,Eukaryota ,Phylogenetic Analysis ,Plants ,Prays oleae ,Insects ,Phylogenetics ,Genetic Mapping ,Sympatric speciation ,Moths and Butterflies ,Medicine ,Insect Proteins ,Ecological Niches ,Research Article ,Olive Trees ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Evolutionary Processes ,Arthropoda ,Ecological Metrics ,Science ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,diversity ,Electron Transport Complex IV ,03 medical and health sciences ,Open Reading Frames ,Olea ,Genetic variation ,Cryptic Speciation ,Genetics ,Animals ,Evolutionary Systematics ,Genetic variability ,Taxonomy ,Ecological niche ,Evolutionary Biology ,fungi ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Organisms ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Genetic Variation ,Species Diversity ,NADH Dehydrogenase ,biology.organism_classification ,Invertebrates ,Olive trees ,Protein Subunits ,030104 developmental biology ,Haplotypes ,Evolutionary biology ,olive moth ,PEST analysis - Abstract
The olive moth -Prays oleae Bern.- remains a significant pest of olive trees showing situation dependent changes in population densities and in severity of damages. The genetic variability of olive moth was assessed on three main olive orchards regions in Portugal by three different markers (COI, nad5 and RpS5), suggesting high species diversity albeit with no obvious relation with a regional pattern nor to an identified ecological niche. Selected COI sequences obtained in this study were combined with those available in the databases for Prays genus to generate a global dataset. The reconstruction of the Prays phylogeny based on this marker revealed the need to revise Prays oleae to confirm its status of single species: COI data suggests the co-existence of two sympatric evolutionary lineages of morphologically cryptic olive moth. We show, however, that the distinct mitochondrial subdivision observed in the partial COI gene fragment is not corroborated by the other DNA sequences. There is the need of understanding this paradigm and the extent of Prays variability, as the disclosure of lineage-specific differences in biological traits between the identified lineages is fundamental for the development of appropriate pest management practices.
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- 2018