The complete mitochondrial genome of Orthaga achatina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Bing Liu; Hui Sun; Qingbin Zhan; Yunpeng Gai

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1884016

The complete mitochondrial genome of Orthaga achatina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 11;6(3):821-823. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1884016.

Authors

Bing Liu¹, Hui Sun¹, Qingbin Zhan², Yunpeng Gai³

Affiliations

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China.
² Nanjing Forest Police College, Nanjing, China.
³ Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

Orthaga achatina Butler is an important pest of camphor trees in Asia. The complete mitochondrial genome of O. achatina was sequenced in this study, which was 15,150 bp in size and comprised of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a control region. Besides, we used a phylogenomic approach to infer evolutionary relationships of O. achatina and 23 Lepidoptera species based on 13 conserved protein sequences of the mitochondrial genome. Our results underline the potential importance of mitochondrial genomes in comparative genomic analyses of Lepidoptera species and provide a robust evolutionary insight across the tree of Lepidoptera insects.

Keywords: Cinnamomum camphora; Lepidoptera; Orthaga achatina; complete mitochondrial genome; phylogenomic tree.

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.13154066

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the research funding for Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province [KYCX19_1076] and the research funding for Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.