Complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese oak silkmoth, Antheraea yamamai (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), from Jeju Island, Korea

The wild silkmoth Antheraea yamamai Guérin-Méneville, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is an important producer of silk that is superior to the silk produced by traditional domesticated silkworm. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of An. yamamai collected from...

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Published in:International Journal of Industrial Entomology 2022-06, Vol.44 (2), p.65-71
Main Authors: Kim, Kee-Young, Park, Jeong Sun, Lee, Keon Hee, Kim, Min Jee, Kim, Seong-Wan, Park, Jong-Woo, Kang, Sang-Kuk, Kim, Nam-Suk, Kim, Iksoo
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Language:Korean
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Antheraea yamamai
Mitochondrial genome
Saturniidae
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Summary:The wild silkmoth Antheraea yamamai Guérin-Méneville, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is an important producer of silk that is superior to the silk produced by traditional domesticated silkworm. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of An. yamamai collected from Jeju Island, which is the southernmost island approximately 100 km offshore southward from the Korean Peninsula. Determining this sequence will be necessary for tracing the biogeographic history of the species and developing molecular markers for identifying the origin of commercial products. Comparison of the sequence divergence among two available and the current mitogenomes revealed a low but substantial number of substitutions, totaling 23 nucleotides in the whole genome. CytB and ND5 showed the highest variability with five and four variations, respectively, suggesting that these regions will be prior regions to target for subsequent biogeographic and diagnosis study. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on all available sequences of Saturniidae showed that An. yamamai is a sister to the congeneric species An. pernyi, corroborating that Antheraea is a highly supported monophyletic group. The tribe Saturniini was clearly non-monophyletic and interrupted by Attacini and Bunaeini.
ISSN:1598-3579