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The genome sequence of the White-speck moth, Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

  • Oreina Papillons de France1
  • Mónica Doblas-Bajo2
  • Charlotte J Wright3
  • Joana I Meier3
  • Mark L Blaxter3
  • 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
  • Project Psyche Community
  1. 1Oreina, Thoury-Férottes (Seine-et-Marne), France.
  2. 2Zoology Unit, Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
  3. 3Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, England, UK.
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Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Mythimna unipuncta (White-speck; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 758.97 megabases and 683.60 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.67%) was scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.38 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 14,675 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.

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@article{france2026genome,
  title = {{The genome sequence of the White-speck moth, Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).}},
  author = {Oreina Papillons de France and Mónica Doblas-Bajo and Charlotte J Wright and Joana I Meier and Mark L Blaxter and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team and Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team and Tree of Life Core Informatics collective and Project Psyche Community},
  journal = {Wellcome open research},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27767.1},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922479},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The genome sequence of the White-speck moth, Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
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AU  - Charlotte J Wright
AU  - Joana I Meier
AU  - Mark L Blaxter
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU  - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
AU  - Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
AU  - Project Psyche Community
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/11
JO  - Wellcome open research
DO  - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.27767.1
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42922479
AB  - We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Mythimna unipuncta (White-speck; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 758.97 megabases and 683.60 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (99.67%) was scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the W and Z sex chromosomes. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.38 kilobases. Gene annotation of this assembly by Ensembl identified 14,675 protein-coding genes. This work is part of Project Psyche, a collaborative programme generating genomes for European butterflies and moths.
SN  - 2398-502X
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