The genome sequence of the Figure of Eight, Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

Liam M Crowley; Finley Hutchinson; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20497.1

The genome sequence of the Figure of Eight, Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

Wellcome Open Res. 2023 Dec 5:8:554. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20497.1. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Liam M Crowley¹, Finley Hutchinson²; University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab; Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team; Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations; Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team; Tree of Life Core Informatics collective; Darwin Tree of Life Consortium

Affiliations

¹ University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
² University of Exeter, Penryn, England, UK.

Abstract

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Diloba caeruleocephala (the Figure of Eight; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence is 762.5 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.36 kilobases in length.

Keywords: Diloba caeruleocephala; Figure of Eight; Lepidoptera; chromosomal; genome sequence.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (206194) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award (218328).