Complete mitochondrial genome of Simao pine caterpillar moth, (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) and the related phylogenetic analysis.

, the Simao pine caterpillar moth is an economically important forest pest causing great damage to coniferous trees in south China. The whole mitogenome for the moth was sequenced using next-generation sequencing technology. The moth has a total length of 15,422 bp in mitogenome size. The nucleotide composition is biased toward adenine and thymine, accounting for 79.2%: A = 40.7%, T = 38.5%, G = 8.1%, and C = 12.7%. The phylogeny showed that was closely grouped with , and to form the monophyletic clad for the Lasiocampidae family of Bombycoidea superfamily with strong nodal support.