title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) was determined (GenBank accession No. KM023645). The length of this mitogenome is 16,014 bp with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and an A + T-rich region. It presents the typical gene organization and order for completely sequenced lepidopteran mitogenomes. The nucleotide composition of the genome is highly A + T biased, accounting for 81.48%, with a slightly positive AT skewness (0.005). All PCGs are initiated by typical ATN codons, except for the gene cox1, which uses CGA as its start codon. Some PCGs harbor TA (nad5) or incomplete termination codon T (cox1, cox2, nad2 and nad4), while others use TAA as their termination codons. The A + T-rich region is located between rrnS and trnM with a length of 888 bp.
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Li-Shang
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Bao-Jian
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Cen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Cong-Fen
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Guo-Qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: a College of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University , Hefei , China.
authors.forename: Chao-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D059372:Nucleotide Motifs; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Plutella xylostella; Plutellidae