Complete mitochondrial genome of Gortyna guizhouensis Wu, Yang, and Han, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from China

Meng Leng; Qiong Liu; Hai-Yan Zhao; Xiao-Fei Yu; Mao-Fa Yang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2176183

Complete mitochondrial genome of Gortyna guizhouensis Wu, Yang, and Han, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from China

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Feb 13;8(2):260-263. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2176183. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Meng Leng^{1

2}, Qiong Liu³, Hai-Yan Zhao^{1

2}, Xiao-Fei Yu^{1

2}, Mao-Fa Yang^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ College of Tobacco Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.
² Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Tobacco Quality Research, Guiyang, China.
³ Guizhou Tobacco Company, Bijie Branch Company, Bijie, China.
⁴ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China.

Abstract

Gortyna guizhouensis Wu, Yang, and Han, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) is a newly discovered moth species that feeds on tobacco piths during the larval stage. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of G. guizhouensis larvae via next-generation sequencing. The mitogenome was 15,441 bp long with an overall A + T content of 79.1%, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA subunit genes and one control region. The phylogenetic tree, based on the nucleic acid sequences of 13 shared PCGs of 20 Noctuidae species, revealed that G. guizhouensis is in a well-supported clade with Striacosta albicosta.

Keywords: Gortyna guizhouensis; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny; tobacco.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by Science and Technology Project of Guizhou Tobacco Company –[2021520000240049, 2021XM13] and Guizhou Province Science and Technology Innovation Talent Team Project under Grant (Qian Ke He Pingtai Rencai – CXTD [2021]004).