Chlorops oryzae Matsumura is an important pest of rice plants throughout Asia, and has even become a major pest in some regions. Here, we present the complete mitogenome of C. oryzae for the first time. The complete mitogenome is 17,313 bp in length and contains 37 genes (13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, and two ribosomal RNAs) and a control region. The overall base composition is 42.04% for A, 37.18% for T, 12.59% for C, and 8.29% for G, with a bias toward A + T (79.22%). Protein-coding genes cox1 features an atypical ACG start codon and cox2, nad5, and nad4 have incomplete stop codons T or TA. All tRNA genes present the typical clover leaf secondary structure except trnS1 (AGN), where the DHU arm is replaced by a loop. Phylogeny showed that C. oryzae was placed as the basal lineage in Brachycera clade, and shared a closer relationship to Acalyptrate species.
Keywords: Chlorops oryzae; Mitogenome; phylogenetic analysis.
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