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Phylogeography of Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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The greater sugarcane borer, Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of maize, sorghum and sugarcane in Africa, the Middle East, and Mediterranean Europe. However, the population genetics and phylogeography of this pest are unknown. Some insect pests exhibit genetic differentiation congruent with their geographical location and ecological conditions. To evaluate this, a molecular analysis was conducted on populations of S. cretica collected from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Cameroon and Iran, using the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region of the mitochondrial genome. Phylogenetic analyses based on neighbor joining tree separated the 22 specimens into two clades, the Ethiopian and Afro-Asian. The clades diverged long before the domestication of sorghum and the introduction of sugarcane in Africa. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) indicated significant genetic differentiation among the clades. The observed genetic variation between the clades was further accompanied by restricted gene flow. The results of mismatch distribution analyses were consistent with the demographic expansion of the clades.

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We express our appreciation to Haramaya University and the South African National Research Foundation (NRF) for providing the research fund. We acknowledge the University of Fort Hare, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Department of Zoology and Entomology for providing the PhD fellowship to the first author.

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  1. School of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Diredawa, Ethiopia

    Muluken Goftishu & Chemeda Fininsa

  2. Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

    Muluken Goftishu & Yoseph Assefa

  3. Department of Crop Science, University of Swaziland, Luyengo Campus, Swaziland

    Yoseph Assefa

  4. Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

    Augustine Niba

  5. IRD/CRNS UMR IRD 247 EGCE, Laboratoire Evolution Génomes Comportement et Ecologie, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France and Unversité Paris, Sud 11, 91405, Orsay cedex, France

    Claire Capdevielle-Dulac & Bruno Pierre Le Ru

  6. icipe – African Insect Science for Food and Health, P. O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya

    Bruno Pierre Le Ru

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Goftishu, M., Assefa, Y., Fininsa, C. et al. Phylogeography of Sesamia cretica Lederer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Phytoparasitica 44, 641–650 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-016-0556-8

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