RMCA literature published elsewhere

Nagy, Z.,  Dall'Asta, U. & Breman, F. 2009. ‘DNA barcoding of museum specimens of Lymantriidae preserved in the Royal Museum for Central Africa’. Rokosy, L. (ed), Entomologica romanica 15: 11-16. RO-3400 Cluj-Napoca : "Babes-Bolyai" University & Romanian Lepidopterological Society. ISSN: 1224-2594.  (PR).

Article in a scientific Journal / Article in a Journal

Some preserved specimens of the lepidopteran collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa were used in a pilot DNA barcoding study. They differed in age, the applied preservation methods and collection sites. Thereby short and standard DNA barcode sequesces were obtained, and species assignments based on neighbour-joining tree reconstruction were carried out and compared with morphological identification. Our results show that DNA barcoding approach is able to distinguish lymantriid species on an efficient way.