“…All R. pomonella group species are indigenous to North America, with taxa being either partially or broadly sympatric in their geographic distributions (Bush 1966). Although several pairs of R. pomonella group species can be crossed in the laboratory (Reissig and Smith 1978;Smith 1988aSmith , 1988bSmith et al 1993), these species are genetically diverged in nature and do not appear to hybridize often (Berlocher 1995;Berlocher and Bush 1982;Berlocher et al 1993;.…”