Complete mitochondrial genome of Acanthopsyche nigraplaga (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

Keon Hee Lee; Min Jee Kim; Ah Rha Wang; Jeong Sun Park; Sung-Soo Kim; Iksoo Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1899876

Complete mitochondrial genome of Acanthopsyche nigraplaga (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 19;6(3):1091-1093. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1899876.

Authors

Keon Hee Lee¹, Min Jee Kim^{1

2}, Ah Rha Wang¹, Jeong Sun Park¹, Sung-Soo Kim³, Iksoo Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
² Experiment and Analysis Division, Honam Regional Office, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, Gunsan, Republic of Korea.
³ Research Institute for East Asian Environment and Biology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

We report the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of a case-making moth Acanthopsyche nigraplaga Wileman, 1911 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). The 15,704 bp long complete mitogenome comprises a typical set of genes [13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes] and one major non-coding, A + T-rich region, with an arrangement identical to that observed in most lepidopteran mitogenomes. Twelve of the 13 PCGs of the A. nigraplaga mitogenome initiate with a typical ATN start codon, however COI contains the atypical CGA start codon that is common for lepidopteran COI genes. A phylogenetic analysis using concatenated nucleotide sequences of the 13 PCGs and 2 rRNA genes using the Bayesian inference method fully resolved A. nigraplaga in a monophyletic clade within the Psychidae. Acanthopsyche nigraplaga was situated in a sister position to Eumeta variegata and Mahasena oolona with high nodal support. As more mitogenome sequences are available further scrutinized analysis for the superfamily Tineoidea including Psychidae will be possible.

Keywords: Acanthopsyche nigraplaga; Psychidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny.

Grants and 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 of Korea [2015R1D1A3A03018119].