Population structure and pattern of geographic differentiation of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Turkey.

The detection of a single fixed European haplotype in all Turkish populations has proved that CPB in Turkey originated from Europe as a result of a founder event occurred in European populations. Low genetic variation was due to the short time period since the spread of CPB from America to Europe. The highest number of private alleles were found in the top commercial potato cultivation region-Central Anatolia from where the CPB populations spread to other parts of Turkey.