Scientific Data (Sep 2024)

Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

  • Yulu Yan,
  • Ke Zhao,
  • Longwei Yang,
  • Nan Liu,
  • Yufei Xu,
  • Junyi Gai,
  • Guangnan Xing

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03853-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract The soybean hawkmoth Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae; CBT), as one of the main leaf-chewing pests of soybeans, has gained popularity as an edible insect in China recently due to its high nutritional value. However, high-quality genome of CBT remains unclear, which greatly limits further research. In the present study, we assembled a high-quality chromosome-level genome of CBT using PacBio HiFi reads and Hi-C technologies for the first time. The size of the assembled genome is 477.45 Mb with a contig N50 length of 17.43 Mb. After Hi-C scaffolding, the contigs were anchored to 29 chromosomes with a mapping rate of 99.61%. Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologues (BUSCO) completeness value is 99.49%. The genome contains 252.16 Mb of repeat elements and 14,214 protein-coding genes. In addition, chromosomal synteny analysis showed that the genome of CBT has a strong synteny with that of Manduca sexta. In conclusion, this high-quality genome provides an important resource for future studies of CBT and contributes to the development of integrated pest management strategies.