The mitochondrial genomes of the Geometroidea (Lepidoptera) and their phylogenetic implications.

ABSTRACT: The Geometroidea is a large superfamily of Lepidoptera in species composition and contains numerous economically important pest species that cause great loss in crop and forest production. However, understanding of mitogenomes remains limited due to relatively fewer mitogenomes previously reported for this megadiverse group. Here, we sequenced and annotated nine mitogenomes for Geometridae and further analyzed the mitogenomic evolution and phylogeny of the whole superfamily. All nine mitogenomes contained 37 mitochondrial genes typical in insects, and gene organization was conserved except for Somatina indicataria. In S. indicataria, the positions of two tRNAs were rearranged. The trnR was located before trnA instead of after trnA typical in Lepidoptera,

SUBMITTER: Ding W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9911631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature