Complete mitochondrial genome of banana skipper Erionota torus Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Li-Na Liu; Li Zeng; Zhi-Xiang Guo; Bao-Ming Yang; Ke-Suo Yin; Chun-Mei Wang; Si-Jun Zheng

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1942264

Complete mitochondrial genome of banana skipper Erionota torus Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Jun 23;6(7):2054-2055. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1942264.

Authors

Li-Na Liu^{1

2}, Li Zeng¹, Zhi-Xiang Guo¹, Bao-Ming Yang¹, Ke-Suo Yin¹, Chun-Mei Wang³, Si-Jun Zheng^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control of Agricultural Transboundary Pests of Yunnan Province, Agricultural Environment and Resource Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, China.
³ Dehong Tropical Agriculture Research Institute of Yunnan, Ruili, China.
⁴ Bioversity International, Kunming, China.

Abstract

Erionota torus (Evans, 1941) is a banana pest and is mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and the Pacific regions. The complete mitogenome of E. torus (GenBank accession number MW586888) is 15,987 bp in size, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs genes, and a noncoding A + T-rich region. The A + T-rich region is located between 12S rRNA and tRNA^Met . The base composition of the whole E. torus mitogenome is 39.68% for A, 7.30% for G, 41.55% for T, and 11.47% for C, with a high AT content of 81.23%. The phylogeny analysis indicated that E. torus had a close relationship with Notocrypta curvifascia. The present data could contribute to the further detailed phylogeographic analysis and provide a comprehensive control strategy for this banana pest.

Keywords: Erionota torus; Mitogenome; banana pest; phylogeny.

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Yunling Scholar Programme of Yunnan Provincial Government (YNWR-YLXZ-2018-018); China Agriculture Research System (CARS-31-08); Program for the Innovative Research Team of Green Prevention and Control of Agricultural Transboundary Pests of Yunnan Province (2020–2022); the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB). CRPs are implemented with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund and through bilateral funding agreements. For details please visit https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors.