The complete mitochondrial genome of Lista haraldusalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Abstract

We have determined the complete mitochondrial genome of Lista haraldusalis Walker, 1859. The mitochondrial genome of L. haraldusalis is 15,213 bp in size with 81.5% A + T content. It consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNA), 2 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and an A + T-rich region. All PCGs start with ATN codon, except for COI, which begins with TTAG. Eleven PCGs stop with typical stop codon TAA and TAG. But ND6 and COII use incomplete stop codon T. All of the 22 tRNAs have the typical cloverleaf structure except for tRNA^Ser(AGN) lacking of the dihydrouridine (DHU) stem. The conserved motif ATACTA, poly-T stretch, ATAGA, ATTTA and microsatellite-like (AT)₁₁ were found in the intergenic region between tRNA^Ser(UCN) and ND1 and the A + T-rich region of L. haraldusalis, respectively.

• Lepidoptera
• Lista haraldusalis
• mitochondrial genome
• pyralidae

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Yuan Huang (College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University) for assistance with the analytic software.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This research was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31000972 and 31372158).