The entire mitochondrial genome of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera:
S**hidae) was sequenced—a circular molecular 15516 bp in size. The arrangement of …

Mitochondrial genomes provide a promising new tool for understanding deep‐level insect
phylogenetics, but have yet to be evaluated for their ability to resolve intraordinal …

Coleoptera is the most diverse group of insects with over 360,000 described species divided
into four suborders: Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, and Polyphaga. In this study, we …

Background Knowledge of animal mitochondrial genomes is very important to understand
their molecular evolution as well as for phylogenetic and population genetic studies. The …

Background Lepidoptera encompasses more than 160,000 described species that have
been classified into 45–48 superfamilies. The previously determined Lepidoptera …

Many published phylogenies are based on methods that assume equal nucleotide
composition among taxa. Studies have shown, however, that this assumption is often not …

We determined the complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial genome
(mitogenome) of the Korean hairstreak, Coreana raphaelis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). The …

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea
(Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) was determined. The genome is a circular molecule 15 481 bp long …

Lepidoptera is one of the largest insect orders, but the phylogenetic relationships within this
order, have yet to be adequately described. Among these unresolved relationships include …

The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Eriogyna pyretorum (Lepidoptera:
Saturniidae) was determined as being composed of 15,327 base pairs (bp), including 13 …