Biology, ecology and molecular characterization of Aproceros leucopoda (Takeuchi, 1939) (Hymenoptera: Argidae), pest of elms in the Middle Volga Region

Abstract

The article deals with information on biology, morphology and ecology imago and preimaginal stages of elm sawfly, pest of elms in the Middle Volga Region. The article presents new data on molecular characterization Aproceros leucopoda: sequenced fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c-oxidase subunit I gene (COI); defined phylogenetic distances between species of Argidae on the basis of molecular analysis

Keywords

• Hymenoptera
• Argidae
• Aproceros leucopoda
• invasive species
• molecular characterization
• phylogeny