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Science 3 February 1978:
Vol. 199. no. 4328, pp. 555 - 556
DOI: 10.1126/science.199.4328.555
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European Corn Borer: Pheromone Polymorphism or Sibling Species?

R. T. CARDÉ 1, W. L. ROELOFS 1, R. G. HARRISON 2, A. T. VAWTER 2, P. F. BRUSSARD 2, A. MUTUURA 3, and E. MUNROE 3

1 Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva 14456
2 Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
3 Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, KIA 0C6

Electrophoretic analyses of the (Z) and (E) pheromone-attracted males of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), the European corn borer, in an area of coexistence indicate that these strains are not freely interbreeding. Although the populations are morphologically indistinguishable, studies of allozyme, pheromone, and hybridization suggest that the (Z) and (E) entities are genetically differentiated, perhaps to the status of semi- or sibling species.

Submitted on May 16, 1977
Revised on September 12, 1977


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