Cryptic Species Discrimination in Western Pine Beetle, <i>Dendroctonus brevicomis</i> LeConte (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Based on Morphological Characters and Geometric Morphometrics

The western pine beetle (WPB), <i>Dendroctonus brevicomis</i> LeConte, is a major mortality agent of pines in North America. A total of 706 adults of WPB from 81 geographical sites were analyzed with traditional and geometric morphometric methods to evaluate the variation of discrete and...

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Main Authors: Osiris Valerio-Mendoza, Jazmín García-Román, Moises Becerril, Francisco Armendáriz-Toledano, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez, José F. Negrón, Brian T. Sullivan, Gerardo Zúñiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/11/377