Table 1. Microsatellite markers previously published for Helicoverpa armigera found to successfully amplify similar microsatellite loci in three other related lepidopteran species.
| Species | Locus | Annealing temp (C0) - DNA band fragment profile | Number of replicates | Sample size (n) | Reference for PCR running conditions |
| H. zea | HaB60 | 50° - multiple bands > 200 bp marker | 1 | 7 | |
| 55° - single160 bp band | 3 | 18 | Tan et al., 2001(modified)* | ||
| 60° - multiple bands > 200 bp marker and a single 160 bp band | 2 | 12 | |||
| H. zea | HaC87 | 50° - single-copy band 118 bp band | 2 | 14 | Scott et al., 2004; Tan et al., 2001(modified) |
| 55°- multiple bands | 1 | 3 | |||
| 60° - single-copy 118 bp band | 2 | 12 | |||
| H. zea | HaC14 | 50° - single-copy 160 bp band | 1 | 12 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 55° - single-copy 160 bp band | 1 | 3 | Tan et al., 2001(modified) | ||
| H. zea | HarSSR1 | 50° - single-copy 240 bp band | 1 | 2 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 58° - single-copy 240 bp band | 2 | 5 | |||
| 50° - multiple bands | 2 | 12 | |||
| H. virescens | HaC14 | 550 - single-copy 160 bp | 2 | 15 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 50° - multiple bands | 2 | 4 | Scott et al., 2004 | ||
| H. virescens | HaB60 | 55° - 160 bp and 140 bp single-copy bands | 3 | 11 | Tan et al., 2001(modified) |
| 50° - 240 bp single-copy band | 1 | 5 | |||
| H. virescens | HarSSR1 | 58° - multiple bands | 2 | 4 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 60° - multiple bands | 1 | 2 | |||
| H. subflexa | HaB60 | 50° - multiple bands | 2 | 4 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 55° - 160 bp and 140 bpsingle-copy bands | 3 | 14 | |||
| H. subflexa | HaC14 | 50° - 160 bp single-copy band | 3 | 14 | Scott et al., 2004 |
| 55° - multiple bands | 1 | 2 | |||
| H. subflexa | HaSSR1 | 58° - 240 bp single-copy band | 2 | 4 | Scott et al., 2004 |