title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
abstract: We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the oriental armyworm Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), which is one of the serious cereal pests in Asia and Australia. The circular genome of 15,332 bp in length contains 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes and a non-coding A+T-rich region. Its gene content and order are typical of lepidopteran mitochondrial genomes described to date. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) start with an ATN codon except for cox1 and nad1, which use CGA and TTG as their start codon, respectively. Ten PCGs use complete stop codon TAA, whereas three PCGs end with single T. The A+T-region is located between rrnS and trnM with a length of 374 bp. The mitochondrial genome sequence benefits future studies of molecular phylogenetics and pest control.
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Feng-Bo
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .|b College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .|c College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Hui-Xian
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Wei-Feng
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: d Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute , Hangzhou , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Jin-E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Zhi-Qi
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D023061:Gene Order; D059646:Genome Size; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Insect; Mythimna separata; mitogenome