Complete mitochondrial genome of Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Egypt

Abstract

The polyphagous cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) is one of the most destructive herbivorous insects worldwide. The present study reports the complete mitochondrial genome of S. littoralis collected from Egypt. The circular-mapping mitogenome was 15,408 bp in length with an overall A þ T content of 81.1%, encoding a common set of 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. Most PCGs were found to use conventional ATN as the start codon and TAN as the stop codon. The phylogenetic tree based on the nucleic acid sequences of 13 shared PCGs of 29 Noctuidae species revealed that S. littoralis and Spodoptera litura are sister species. The data in this study will be helpful to understand geographical genetic variations, phylogenetic relationships, and species identification of S. littoralis.

Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of the lawn cutwormSpodoptera depravata(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

“… 2021 ), Spodoptera litura NC_022676.1 (Wan et al. 2013 ), Spodoptera littoralis MT816470.1 (Li, Wang, and Zhang 2021 ), Agrotis segetum KC894725.1 (Wu et al. 2014 ), Agrotis ipsilon KF163965 (Zhao et al.…”

“… 2014 ), Agrotis ipsilon KF163965 (Zhao et al. 2022 ), Athetis pallidipennis NC_046525.1 (Li, Wang, and Zhang 2021 ), Sesamia nonagrioides CM030612.1 (Muller et al. 2021 ), Sesamia inferens JN039362.1 (Wu et al.…”

“… 2021 ), Sesamia inferens JN039362.1 (Wu et al. 2019 ), Anarta trifolii NC_046049.1 (Li, Wang, and Zhang 2021 ), Protegira songi NC_034938.1 (Guo et al. 2017 ), Mythimna loreyi NC_057500.1 (Nam et al.…”

“…2017 ), Mythimna loreyi NC_057500.1 (Nam et al. 2020 ), Mythimna separata KM099034.1 (Li, Wang, and Zhang 2021 ).…”

Enhanced Resolution of Evolution and Phylogeny of the Moths Inferred from Nineteen Mitochondrial Genomes

“…Researches on phylogenetic relationships of moths have been carried out extensively, especially on some large families like Erebidae [ 9 , 10 ], Noctuidae [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ] and Geometridae [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ], among which some remarkable and fundamental works were achieved by Kristensen et al [ 21 , 22 ] and Minet et al [ 23 , 24 ] initially with the studies of morphological and anatomical characteristics. As molecular markers widely applied to phylogenetic studies, new evidence has been consistently presented based on mitochondrial genes, nuclear ribosomal DNA, nuclear protein-coding genes or a combined method [ 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ].…”