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

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 tRNAMet . 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.

Highlights

Banana (Musa spp.) is an ideal and low-cost crop and accounts for the fourth most important food in the world today (Tripathi et al 2021)
Elucidating the sequence and structure of E. torus mitogenome is important for the diversity and phylogeographic analysis of this banana pest, providing information for its comprehensive control
Sequencing work of the complete mitogenome of E. torus was performed by Illumina Nextseq500 in Beijing Microread Genetics Co., Ltd., with a total data volume of 4 G (150 bp Reads)

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Introduction

Banana (Musa spp.) is an ideal and low-cost crop and accounts for the fourth most important food in the world today (Tripathi et al 2021). KEYWORDS Mitogenome; Erionota torus; banana pest; phylogeny The banana skipper or banana leaf-roller, Erionota torus (Evans, 1941) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), is a common banana pest in Southeast Asia and Pacific regions, ranging from Papua New Guinea and Australia, Sikkim to south China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Vietnam (Inoue and Kawazoe 1970; Okolle et al 2006; Corbet and Pendlebury 1992).

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