Mitochondrial DNA analysis of field populations of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and of its relationship to H. zea

Table 5 MtDNA COI pairwise genetic distances in Helicoverpa and Heliothis species.

	H. armigera	H. zea	H. assulta	H. punctigera	Heliothis virescens
H. armigera	0–0.02
H. zea	0.031–0.047	0–0.008
H. assulta	0.049–0.059	0.068–0.074	0.002*
H. punctigera	0.055–0.068	0.067–0.074	0.068–0.070	0.002*
Heliothis virescens	0.067–0.076	0.074–0.080	0.065–0.066	0.059–0.061	**

Corrected pairwise genetic distance between Helicoverpa species and Heliothis virescens based on nucleotide substitution model (HKY+G) selected by MODELTEST 3.7. * Values based on two haplotypes from five individuals each for H. assulta and H. punctigera. ** A single individual of Heliothis virescens was sequenced.

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