The clearwing moth, Synanthedon bicingulata (Staudinger, 1887), is a pest that infests various species of cherry trees. However, genetic information regarding the genus Synanthedon including S. bicingulata, is limited. In this study, we sequenced a complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the species. The 16,255 bp of S. bicingulata mitogenome differs from the typical gene arrangement formed in Lepidoptera: trnQ-trnS2-trnM-trnI arrangement between the A+T-rich region and the ND2 junction. Moreover, the genome has untranslated repetitive sequences in the intergenic space between lrRNA and trnV, as well as the CGA start codon in COI and the TTG start codon in ATP8. Similar observations are noted in species belonging to the tribe Synanthedonini within the genus Synanthedon.

• Woo Jin Kim(Jeollanam-do Forest Resources Research Institute, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture ＆ Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
• Seung Hyun Lee(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture ＆ Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
• Jeong Sun Park(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture ＆ Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
• Iksoo Kim(Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture ＆ Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) Corresponding author