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Mass-Rearing and Molecular Studies in Tortricidae Pest Insects
Published on: March 25, 2022
The genome sequence of Penthophera morio (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
Lucia Benešová1, Michal Rindoš2, Pável Matos-Maraví2
1Independent researcher, Bratislava, Slovakia, Slovakia.
Abstract:
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Penthophera morio (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Erebidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 435.98 megabases and 403.90 megabases. For haplotypes 1 and 2, respectively, 99.87% and 99.91% of the assembly sequence was scaffolded into 29 and 27 chromosomal pseudomolecules; haplotype 1 includes the W and Z sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 16.4 kilobases. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.

