| molecular phylogeny and biogeography of lac insects (hemiptera: kerriidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. | lac insects are commercial scale insects with high economic value. the combined molecular phylogeny of 20 lac insect populations was generated using elongation factor 1 alpha, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit i and the small subunit ribosomal rna gene loci. the 20 populations of lac insects clustered into four distinct clades supported by high bootstrap values in maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and bayesian analyses. clade a at the base of the dendrogram comprises kerria ruralis ... | 2013 | 24078090 |