Table 2. Comparison of microsatellite-based mean genetic diversity (AR—allelic richness and HE—expected heterozygosity) among four host-plant associated Hyalesthes obsoletus metapopulations.
C. arvensis | U. dioica | C. foetida | V. agnus-castus | |
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Mean HE | 0.777 | 0.765 | 0.651* | 0.785 |
Mean AR | 4.567 | 4.455 | 3.449* | 4.523 |
No of populations | 9 | 20 | 13 | 8 |
* p < 0.05
C. foetida vs C. arvensis HE: t = 5.885, df = 20, p < 0.05; AR: t = 7.910, df = 20, p < 0.05
C. foetida vs U. dioica, HE: t = 5.355, df = 31, p < 0.05; AR: t = 6.945, df = 31, p < 0.05
C. foetida vs V. agnus-castus, HE: t = -5.291, df = 19, p < 0.05; AR: t = - 5.935, df = 19, p < 0.05