DNA Barcoding as useful tool to identify crop pest flea beetles of Turkey

• Published in: Journal of applied entomology (1986) Vol. 143; no. 1-2; pp. 105 - 117
• Main Authors: Coral Şahin, Didem, Magoga, Giulia, Özdikmen, Hüseyin, Montagna, Matteo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Alticini; Approach spans; Beetles; Biodiversity; Chaetocnema; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Crop damage; crop pests; Crops; Cryptic species; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA barcoding; Gene sequencing; Genera; Identification; Interspecific; Nucleotide sequence; Pests; Phyllotreta; Species; Wildlife conservation; Turkey

Flea beetles (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), with ~8,000 species worldwide, include pest species causing substantial economic damage to crops. The genera Phyllotreta and Chaetocnema include both pest and non‐pest species. An accurate and fast taxonomic identification approach is required for...