Complete mitochondrial genome of the whitefly Aleyrodes shizuokensis Kuwana (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), new record from Chinese mainland

Teng Lei; Yu-Wei Zhong; Yin-Quan Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1869617

Complete mitochondrial genome of the whitefly Aleyrodes shizuokensis Kuwana (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), new record from Chinese mainland

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 8;6(2):397-398. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1869617.

Authors

Teng Lei¹, Yu-Wei Zhong¹, Yin-Quan Liu¹

Affiliation

¹ Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome was determined for the whitefly Aleyrodes shizuokensis (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), the first record from Chinese mainland. The mitochondrial genome is 16,687 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs, and two ribosomal RNAs. The overall base composition is 33.8% A, 47.0% T, 12.2% G, and 7.0% C. All PCGs start with ATN codon. COX1 ends with a T, and the other 12 PCGs use TAA or TAG as the stop codon. Gene arrangement of the 13 PCGs is identical to that of the giant whitefly Aleurodicus dugesii and greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum. The resultant Bayesian inference and maximum-likelihood trees based on the sequence data of 13 PCGs support its close relationship with sugarcane whitefly Neomaskellia andropogonis.

Keywords: Chinese mainland; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny; whitefly.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program (2018YFD0201204) and China Agriculture Research System (CARS-23-D07).