| confirmation by dna analysis that contarinia maculipennis (diptera: cecidomyiidae) is a polyphagous pest of orchids and other unrelated cultivated plants. | the cytochrome oxidase subunit i gene in mitochondrial dna of 53 larvae of contarinia maculipennis felt from flower buds of various host plants, collected from hawaii, japan and thailand was analysed. monophyly of the clade including c. maculipennis from hawaii, thailand and japan was supported. there was no sequential variation within the specimens from hawaii and japan, which differed from one another by 6 bp (1.37%). three haplotypes were recognized in specimens from thailand but differences ... | 2003 | 14704101 |