The genome sequence of the Heart and Dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ronald Forrester; Denise C Wawman; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23042.1

The genome sequence of the Heart and Dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2024 Oct 2:9:563. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.23042.1. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Ronald Forrester¹, Denise C Wawman²; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Independent researcher, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK.
² Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Heart and Dart moth, Agrotis exclamationis (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 725.10 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.39 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 20,008 protein-coding genes.

Keywords: Agrotis exclamationis; Heart and Dart moth; Lepidoptera; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom