Phytophagous insects have a close relationship with their host plants. For this reason, their
interactions can lead to important changes in insect population dynamics and evolutionary …

Current hypotheses of relationship among the species of the fruit fly genera Anastrepha and
Toxotrypana are tested using sequence data from six DNA regions: the mitochondrial …

Insect pests cause tremendous impact to agriculture worldwide. Species identification is
crucial for implementing appropriate measures of pest control but can be challenging in …

Anastrepha dissimilis is currently considered to be widely distributed in Brazil, occurring in
20 of 27 states. However, morphological differences between the holotype (from Plaisance …

New sequencing techniques have allowed us to explore the variation on thousands of
genes and elucidate evolutionary relationships of lineages even in complex scenarios, such …

Molecular identification of fruit flies in the genus Anastrepha (Diptera; Tephritidae) is
important to support plant pest exclusion, suppression, and outbreak eradication …

Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) is an agricultural pest of wide geographic distribution
infesting a vast list of host species in America. However, little is known about the past …

Introgression should no longer be considered as rare a phenomenon as once thought, since
several studies have recently documented gene flow between closely related and radiating …

Abstract The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, is a polyphagous true fruit fly (Diptera:
Tephritidae) considered 1 of the most serious insect pests in Central and North America to …

We studied two species of closely related South American fruit flies, Anastrepha fraterculus
and Anastrepha obliqua which, despite being able to interbreed, still show some ecological …