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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 1009-1019.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2021.07.017

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Research Progress on the Diversity of Color Pattern Subtypes in Harmonia axyridis

XIAO Da1, TIAN Renbin1,2, CHEN Xu3, WU Mengmeng1,2, XU Qingxuan1, ZHANG Junming1, ZANG Liansheng3, WANG Su1   

  1. 1. Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China;
    2. College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering of Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2021-06-18 Published:2021-09-08

Abstract: Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) is an important predatory natural enemy in agriculture and forestry that has a strong predatory ability to aphids,spider mite,scale insect,among the others.Besides,H.axyridis has emerged as a research hotspot in insect genetics and physiology study for the diversity of the elytra color patterns.The elytra of H.axyridis is basically black or yellow as the basic color,inlaid with yellow or black spots.According to the basic color of elytra,the insect is simply divided into black and yellow patterns.In this paper,we summarized and analyzed the differences of subtypes in H.axyridis in geographic distribution,biological characteristics,environmental adaptability,prey capacity,assortative mating,tolerance and other aspects,to provide a comprehensive reference for the large-scale breeding and artificial release of H.axyridis.In addition,we also summarized the internal causes of diverse color patterns in H.axyridis from genetic mechanism and physiological pathway aspects.The classical "mosaic dominant inheritance" theory and the newly discovered regulation mechanism of transcription factor Pannier are the important genetic mechanisms of diverse color pattern in H.axyridis.The dopamine melanin synthesis pathway is the main physiological pathway for the melanization in H.axyridis. Furthermore,the future research directions of H.axyridis were outlooked from the aspects of artificial breeding,release applications,and a model insect for the intraspecific phenotypic diversity research.

Key words: Harmonia axyridis, color pattern, diversity

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