Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae revealed with genomics and citizen science [Evolution]

The small cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, is a major agricultural pest of cruciferous crops and has been introduced to every continent except South America and Antarctica as a result of human activities. In an effort to reconstruct the near-global invasion history of P. rapae, we developed a citizen science...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Sean F. Ryan, Eric Lombaert, Anne Espeset, Roger Vila, Gerard Talavera, Vlad Dincă, Meredith M. Doellman, Mark A. Renshaw, Matthew W. Eng, Emily A. Hornett, Yiyuan Li, Michael E. Pfrender, DeWayne Shoemaker Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research