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The genome sequence of the Scorched Wing moth, Plagodis dolabraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Gavin R Broad1, Steph Holt1, Laura Sivess1
1Natural History Museum, London, England, UK.
Wellcome Open Research
|March 24, 2025
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Plagodis dolabraria (Scorched Wing; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Geometridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 939.07 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.59%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.97 kilobases in length.
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