Complete mitochondrial genome of Scythris sinensis (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Scythris sinensis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae) was 15,216 bp with a typical set of genes (13 protein-coding genes [PCGs], 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes) and one non-coding region, with an arrangement identical to that observed in most lepidopteran genomes. Twelve PCGs had the typical ATN start codon, whereas COI had the atypical CGA codon that is frequently found in the start region of the lepidopteran COI. The 271-bp long A + T-rich region was the shortest among sequenced Gelechioidea, which ranged from 290 – 375 bp. Phylogenetic analyses with concatenated sequences of the 13 PCGs, two RNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes using the Bayesian inference (BI) method, placed S. sinensis in the Scythrididae, as a sister to the family Stathmopodidae. The nodal support for this sister relationship was the highest at Bayesian posterior probabilities = 1.

Keywords:

• Mitochondrial genome
• Scythrididae
• Scythris sinensis
• phylogeny

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Mendeley Data at http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/rdwz62m66w.1

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Funding

This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [2015R1D1A3A03018119].