The complete mitochondrial genome of Endoclita signifer (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)

Abstract

The ghost moth Endoclita signifer is a new wood-boring pest of eucalyptus in south of China. It infests dozens of native plant species, and causes severe damage to the plantations of exotic eucalyptus. We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of E. signifer, which has the typical 37 mitochondrial genes of insects. Contrary to most of the Lepidoptera, the E. signifer mitogenome has the putative ancestral insect gene order. Atypical start codon (TTG) and incomplete stop codon (one T-nucleotide) were found for COX2. The E. signifer control region is 389 bp without tandem repeats, and two (TA)n stretches were observed.

Keywords:

• Endoclita signifier
• Hepialidae
• mitochondrial genome

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Dr. David C. Lees of University of Cambridge and Dr. Stephen L. Cameron of Queensland University of Technology for their help and useful suggestions.

Declaration of interest

This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31272288 and 31372176) and the Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. o529YX5105). The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.