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Ji W, Dou F, Zhang C, Xiao Y, Yin W, Yu J, Kurenshchikov DK, Zhu X, Shi J. Improvement in the Identification Technology for Asian Spongy Moth, Lymantria dispar Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Based on SS-COI. INSECTS 2023; 14:94. [PMID: 36662022 PMCID: PMC9867181 DOI: 10.3390/insects14010094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758), which is commonly known as spongy moth, with two subspecies, is found in Asia: Lymantria dispar asiatica and Lymantria dispar japonica, collectively referred to as the Asian spongy moth (ASM). The subspecies Lymantria dispar dispar occurs in Europe and is commonly known as the European spongy moth (ESM). The ASM is on the quarantine list of many countries because it induces greater economic losses than the ESM. Accurate identification is essential to prevent the invasion of ASM into new areas. Although several techniques for identifying ASMs have been developed, the recent discovery of complex patterns of genetic variation among ASMs in China as well as new subspecies in some areas has necessitated the development of new, improved identification techniques, as previously developed techniques are unable to accurately identify ASMs from all regions in China. Here, we demonstrate the efficacy of an improved technique for the identification of the ASM using ASM-specific primers, which were designed based on cytochrome oxidase I sequences from samples obtained from all sites where ASMs have been documented to occur in China. We show that these primers are effective for identifying a single ASM at all life stages and from all ASM populations in China, and the minimum detectable concentration of genomic DNA was 30 pg. The inclusion of other Lymantria samples in our analysis confirmed the high specificity of the primers. Our improved technique allows the spread of ASMs to be monitored in real time and will help mitigate the spread of ASMs to other areas.
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- Wenzhuai Ji
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control and Sino-French Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100107, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control and Sino-French Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100107, China
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- Agricultural Integrated Service Centre, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Fugong 673400, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control and Sino-French Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100107, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control and Sino-French Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100107, China
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- Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Institute for Aquatic and Ecological Problems, Far East Brunch of Russian Academy of Science, 680000 Khabarovsk, Russia
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- Guizhou Academy of Forestry, Guiyang 550005, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Forest Pest Control and Sino-French Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia, College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100107, China
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Picq S, Wu Y, Martemyanov VV, Pouliot E, Pfister SE, Hamelin R, Cusson M. Range‐wide population genomics of the spongy moth,
Lymantria dispar
(Erebidae): Implications for biosurveillance, subspecies classification and phylogeography of a destructive moth. Evol Appl 2023; 16:638-656. [PMID: 36969137 PMCID: PMC10033852 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The spongy moth, Lymantria dispar, is an irruptive forest pest native to Eurasia where its range extends from coast to coast and overspills into northern Africa. Accidentally introduced from Europe in Massachusetts in 1868-1869, it is now established in North America where it is considered a highly destructive invasive pest. A fine-scale characterization of its population genetic structure would facilitate identification of source populations for specimens intercepted during ship inspections in North America and would enable mapping of introduction pathways to help prevent future incursions into novel environments. In addition, detailed knowledge of L. dispar's global population structure would provide new insight into the adequacy of its current subspecies classification system and its phylogeographic history. To address these issues, we generated >2000 genotyping-by-sequencing-derived SNPs from 1445 contemporary specimens sampled at 65 locations in 25 countries/3 continents. Using multiple analytical approaches, we identified eight subpopulations that could be further partitioned into 28 groups, achieving unprecedented resolution for this species' population structure. Although reconciliation between these groupings and the three currently recognized subspecies proved to be challenging, our genetic data confirmed circumscription of the japonica subspecies to Japan. However, the genetic cline observed across continental Eurasia, from L. dispar asiatica in East Asia to L. d. dispar in Western Europe, points to the absence of a sharp geographical boundary (e.g., the Ural Mountains) between these two subspecies, as suggested earlier. Importantly, moths from North America and the Caucasus/Middle East displayed high enough genetic distances from other populations to warrant their consideration as separate subspecies of L. dispar. Finally, in contrast with earlier mtDNA-based investigations that identified the Caucasus as L. dispar's place of origin, our analyses suggest continental East Asia as its evolutionary cradle, from where it spread to Central Asia and Europe, and to Japan through Korea.
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- Sandrine Picq
- Laurentian Forestry Centre Natural Resources Canada Quebec Quebec City Canada
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- United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ, Science and Technology Forest Pest Methods Laboratory Massachusetts Buzzards Bay USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University New York Ithaca USA
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- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS Novosibirsk Russia
- Biological Institute National Research Tomsk State University Tomsk Russia
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- Laurentian Forestry Centre Natural Resources Canada Quebec Quebec City Canada
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- United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ, Science and Technology Forest Pest Methods Laboratory Massachusetts Buzzards Bay USA
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences The University of British Columbia British Columbia Vancouver Canada
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- Laurentian Forestry Centre Natural Resources Canada Quebec Quebec City Canada
- Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio‐informatique Université Laval Quebec Quebec City Canada
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Güvendi M, Can H, Köseoğlu AE, Erkunt Alak S, Kandemir Ç, Taşkın T, Sürgeç E, Demir S, Değirmenci Döşkaya A, Karakavuk M, Gül A, Döşkaya M, Gürüz AY, Ün C. Investigation of the genetic diversity and flea-borne pathogens in Ctenocephalides felis samples collected from goats in İzmir and Şanlıurfa provinces of Turkey. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2022; 90-91:101896. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2022.101896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huang YF, Bozdoğan H, Chen TH, Hsieh CC, Nai YS. The complete mitochondrial genome of Attacus atlas formosanus Villiard, 1969 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2022; 7:219-221. [PMID: 35071762 PMCID: PMC8774062 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.2023333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Attacus atlas formosanus (Villiard, 1969) is 15,280 bp in length, with the typical gene content and arrangement usually observed in Insecta. It contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, and one AT-rich region. The overall nucleotide composition of the mitogenome was 39.8% A, 12.9% C, 7.7% G, and 39.6% T, with an A + T bias of 79.4%. Phylogenetic analyses of 23 species in Saturniidae and 3 species in Bombycidae by Bayesian inference showed that A. atlas formosanus belonged to the Tribe Attacini, closely related to Tribe Saturniini. Besides, A. atlas formosanus is closely related to A. atlas with 99% sequence identity. This result well supported the taxonomic position of Saturniidae and their close relationship with the family Bombycidae.
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- Yu-Feng Huang
- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
- Department of computer science and engineering, Yuan-Ze Uinversity, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Department of Plant and Animal Production, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Effects of Rearing Density on Developmental Traits of Two Different Biotypes of the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria Dispar L., from China and the USA. INSECTS 2021; 12:insects12020175. [PMID: 33671230 PMCID: PMC7922617 DOI: 10.3390/insects12020175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The life-history traits of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), have been observed to vary with larval population density, which can increase significantly during an outbreak of this pest. Laboratory studies on density-dependent variation in gypsy moth development have focused on single populations and were limited to comparing solitary larvae with groups of larvae reared at a single density. To evaluate how density-dependent impacts on development vary with different populations and subspecies of L. dispar, we compared the effects of rearing larvae of a European gypsy moth (L. dispar dispar L.) population from Connecticut, USA; and larvae of two populations of the Asian gypsy moth (L. dispar asiatica Vnukovskij) from Guizhou and Hebei provinces in China. Larvae were reared on an artificial diet at densities of one, three, five, seven, and nine larvae per 115 mL container, and the duration of larval development, percentage of surviving larvae, and the rates of pupation and emergence were measured at each density. A two-tailed response to density variation with values falling away on both sides from a peak or climbing from a base was observed for all three populations tested, with the most rapid larval development and the highest values of survival, pupation, and emergence observed at a density of five larvae/container. Although differences in larval development time, survival, pupation and emergence were observed among the different populations under the conditions of our study, our findings indicate that density-dependent effects on the development of different gypsy moth subspecies and populations follow the same trends.
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Evaluation of DNA degradation and establishment of a degradation analysis model for Lepidoptera specimens. Biotechniques 2020; 68:138-147. [PMID: 31990210 DOI: 10.2144/btn-2019-0166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Millions of museum specimens are integral to biodiversity studies; however, DNA degradation may limit the ability to obtain DNA sequences. In this study, a degradation analysis model for Lepidoptera specimens was established. Based on this model, we revealed the characteristics of DNA fragment distribution caused by external DNA damage factors during specimen preservation. We found that the degree of DNA degradation increased over time; DNA degradation of spread and dried adult specimens was significantly higher than that in the folded and formalin-fixed larval specimens. However, the effects of folding wings on DNA degradation and the effects of the preservation method/stage (formalin-fixed larval vs air-dried adult specimens) were different for different species.
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