Complete mitochondrial genome of Parasa sinica: New insights into the phylogeny of Limacodidae

The complete mitochondrial genome of Chibiraga houshuaii (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) and its phylogenetic implications

“…The sibling relationship between Phaudidae and Zygaenidae was highly supported, and together being the sister group to Limacodidae. This backbone topology was consistent with other recent phylogenetic analyses concerning Zygaenoidea 21 , 31 . Limacodidae was resolved into three major clades, Clade A, B and C, which roughly equaled to the Lineage 3, 5 and 6 respectively in Lin et al 17 .…”

“…In this study, the phylogenetic results confirmed the monophylies of Phaudidae, Limacodidae and Zygaenidae. The phylogeny within these three families was Limacodidae + (Phaudidae + Zygaenidae), supporting the results in other mitochondrial genes-based phylogenetic studies 21 , 31 . Although, Limacodidae was recovered as monophyletic, two closely related problematic families Chrysopolomidae and Dalceridae had not been included in the present analyses, due to the scarcity of their mitogenomes.…”

“…In addition to the genes, a mitogenome usually at least includes one A + T-rich noncoding control region of various lengths, which is responsible for the regulation in transcription and replication 19 , 20 . The small size and high cellular abundance of the mitogenome make it relatively much easier to obtain than nuclear genome 19 , 21 . In fact, the sequence data of insect mitogenomes are being accumulated rapidly in recent years, benefiting from the development of the next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, and meanwhile, used extensively in evolutionary studies, especially in phylogenetics 19 , 22 , 23 .…”