Allozyme variation and phylogenetic analyses of genera and species of Japanese Plusiinae. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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An allozyme survey of 30 species of Japanese plusiine moths was made by means of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Comparison of zymograms of several enzymes, and genetic identity and distance measures were calculated from allele frequencies of 4 electrophoretical loci from 3 enzymes (esterases, hexokinase and phosphoglucomutase), and then UPGMA phenograms and Wagner procedure distance phenograms of plusiine moths were made from the measures. In the phylogenetic analyses, the 30 plusiine species were divided into three groups. These three groups mainly coincided with tribes that were prescribed by previous classifications based on external morphological characters. The obtained phenograms, however, appear to suggest that Ctenoplusia albostriata and other members of the genus Ctenoplusia have separate identities, although they are related species based on morphological characters. The phenograms may also indicate that (1) there is a close association of the genus Anadevidia and the "Autographa group, " whereas their morphological characters did not support this association, and (2) the genera Diachrysia and Plusia should be separated from other genera belonging to the tribe Plusiini, although external morphological characters indicate that these two genera belong to the tribe Plusiini.
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