The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the hawkmoth, Dahira obliquifascia (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Li-Qing Qi; Hong Zhang; Xu Wang; Yi-Xin Huang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2032436

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the hawkmoth, Dahira obliquifascia (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) and phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2022 Feb 3;7(2):339-340. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2032436. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Li-Qing Qi¹, Hong Zhang², Xu Wang³, Yi-Xin Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education, School of Ecology and Environment, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, China.
² School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
³ Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, China.

Abstract

In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitogenome Dahira obliquifascia to compare mitogenomic structures and reconstruct phylogenetic relationships. The complete mitogenome sequence of D. obliquifascia is circular, 15,939 bp in size and encodes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA genes (rRNA), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNA) and a control region (CR). Nucleotide composition is highly biased toward A + T nucleotides (80.3%). All 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) initiate with the standard start codon of ATN and terminate with the typical stop codon TAA/TAG. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using 13 protein coding genes (PCGs) showed that D. obliquifascia is closely related to Theretra oldenlandiae.

Keywords: Sphingidae; mitochondrial genome; phylogenetic.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Fund of Anhui Province [1908085QC93], Natural Science Foundation of Universities of Anhui Province [KJ2020A0094], and National Natural Science Foundation of China [32100352, 32100355].