The complete mitochondrial genome of the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidade).
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was determined to be 15,374 bp (GenBank accession No. KF543065), including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and an A + T-rich region. It has the typical gene organization and order of mitogenomes from lepidopteran insects. The AT skew of this mitogenome was slightly positive and the nucleotide composition was also biased toward A + T nucleotides (81.03%). All PCGs were initiated by ATN codons, except for cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene which was initiated by CGA. Four of the 13 PCGs harbor the incomplete termination codon by T. All the tRNA genes displayed a typical clover-leaf structure of mitochondrial tRNA, with the exception of trnS1 (AGN). The A + T-rich region of the mitogenome was 326 bp in length.
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Qiu-Ning
QN
Liu
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Bao-Jian
BJ
Zhu
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Li-Shang
LS
Dai
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Lei
L
Wang
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Cen
C
Qian
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Guo-Qing
GQ
Wei
a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , People's Republic of China.
Chao-Liang
CL
Liu
D000818:Animals; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D012343:RNA, Transfer
Gene rearrangement; Noctuoidea; Spodoptera litura; mitochondrial genome