About the Authors

Akito Y. Kawahara

kawahara@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Andre A. Mignault

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Jerome C. Regier

Affiliation Center for Biosystems Research, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Ian J. Kitching

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Charles Mitter

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYK AAM JR IJK CM. Performed the experiments: AYK AAM JR. Analyzed the data: AYK AAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: AYK JR IJK CM.