@article {23045, title = {Life history and mitochondrial genomes of Salassinae and Agliinae (Insecta, Lepidoptera): new insights into the loss of cocooning behaviour and phylogeny of Saturniidae}, journal = {Bulletin of Entomological Research}, volume = {???}, year = {2024}, pages = {17 pp.}, type = {Early view}, chapter = {??}, abstract = {

\"The subfamilies Salassinae and Agliinae are two monogeneric groups of the family Saturniidae. They were regarded as the non-cocooning saturniids in Asia. Since very little information on their life history and mitogenome has been reported, their origin and evolution are still poorly understood. In this study, nature-imitated rearing is used to record the life history of two Aglia and five Salassa species. In addition, four complete mitogenomes are presented, which are the first ones of these two subfamilies. The results show that both Salassinae and Agliinae have lost their cocooning. Moreover, the phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that the subfamily Saturniinae is not monophyletic due to the inclusion of Agliinae and Salassinae.\"

}, keywords = {ACTIAS, AGLIA, ANTHERAEA, ATTACUS, BAYESIAN INFERENCE, CHINA, COCOON, CRICULA, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, LIFE HISTORY, LOEPA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, MTDNA, NEORIS, PHYLOGENY, RHODINIA, SALASSA, SAMIA, SATURNIA, SATURNIIDAE}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485323000676}, author = {Zheng, X. and Xu, Z. and Wang, D. and Zhou, C.} } @article {22375, title = {First complete mitochondrial genome of Rhodinia species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): genome description and phylogenetic implication}, journal = {Bulletin of Entomological Research}, volume = {XX}, year = {2021}, month = {09/2021}, pages = {1-10}, type = {Early view}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

\"To explore the characteristics of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the squeaking silkmoths Rhodinia, a genus of wild silkmoths in the family Saturniidae of Lepidoptera, and reveal phylogenetic relationships, the mitogenome of Rhodinia fugax Butler was determined. This wild silkmoth spins a green cocoon that has potential significance in sericulture, and exhibits a unique feature that its larvae can squeak loudly when touched. The mitogenome of R. fugax is a circular molecule of 15,334 bp long and comprises 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, and an A + T-rich region, consistent with previous observations of Saturniidae species. The 370-bp A + T-rich region of R. fugax contains no tandem repeat elements and harbors several features common to the Bombycidea insects, but microsatellite AT repeat sequence preceded by the ATTTA motif is not present. Mitogenome-based phylogenetic analysis shows that R. fugax belongs to Attacini, instead of Saturniini. This study presents the first mitogenome for Rhodinia genus.\"

}, keywords = {CHINA, COI, FOODPLANT, IMMATURE STAGES, LIFE HISTORY, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, MITOGENOME, MTDNA, PHYLOGENY, RHODINIA, SATURNIIDAE}, doi = {10.1017/S0007485321000808}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485321000808}, author = {Chen, D.-B. and Zhang, R.-S. and Jin, X.-D. and Yang, J. and Li, P. and Liu, Y.-Q.} }