Complete mitochondrial genome of the leaf-rolling-weevil, Apoderus jekelii Roelofs, 1874 (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)

Abstract

We sequenced 15,803 bp of the leaf-rolling-weevil, Apoderus jekelii (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) that lacked ∼8000 bp of the A + T-rich region for the completion of the genomic sequence. The A. jekelii mitogenome, which includes 1169 bp of A + T-rich region, possesses typical sets of genes [13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes] and gene arrangement of the species was identical to that commonly found in the majority of the insects. The start codon for ND1 was a rare TTG instead of typical ATN. Nearly, all PCGs ended with complete stop codons, TAA or TAG, except for ND5 which ended with an incomplete T. Phylogenetic analyses using the eight concatenated PCG sequences, which are commonly available for the mitogenome sequences of Curculionoidea, revealed Attelabidae as monophyletic, as well as the sister relationship between current A. jekelii and congeneric species A. coryli in Attelabidae, with the highest nodal supports both in Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. In order to gain a more comprehensive picture of the phylogenetic relationships among the lineages of Attelabidae, an extended analysis with more taxonomic sampling will be necessary.