Table 4. Character-based DNA barcodes (COI) for three cryptic species of Encyrtus.

Position	14	26	32	47	53	68	102	122	134	149
E. sasakii	G	G	G	T	A	G	G	A	G	T
E. eulecaniumiae	A	G	A	G	G	A	G	T	A	T
E. rhodococcusiae	T	A	A	T	A	G	A	T	G	A
Position	161	176	203	215	224	227	233	236	245	254
E. sasakii	T	A	A	A	G	G	A	A	G	A
E. eulecaniumiae	T	A	G	A	A	A	T	G	A	T
E. rhodococcusiae	C	G	A	G	A	A	T	A	A	T
Position	266	269	271	281	284	290	320	335	341	389
E. sasakii	A	T	A	G	T	G	G	A	T	G
E. eulecaniumiae	G	T	T/G	A	A	A	A	T	A	G
E. rhodococcusiae	T	A	T	T	A	A	A	T	T	A
Position	431	443	446	461	467	468	470	494	521	530	533
E. sasakii	G	A	G	G	A	T	G	G	A	A	G
E. eulecaniumiae	A	G	G	A	G	T	A	A	A	A	A
E. rhodococcusiae	A	G	A	G	G	C	T	A	T	G	G

Pure diagnostic characters for discriminating all the individuals at 41 selected nucleotide positions for COI except at position 271 for E. eulecaniumiae are shown in bold.