We sequenced 15,803 bp of the leaf-rolling-weevil, Apoderus jekelii (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) that lacked ~8,000 bp of the A+T-rich region for the completion of the genomic sequence. The A. jekelii mitogenome, which includes 1,169 bp of A+T-rich region, possesses typical sets of genes [13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, and 2 rRNA genes]. Phylogenetic analyses using the eight concatenated PCG sequences, which are commonly available for the mitogenome sequences of Curculionoidea, revealed Attelabidae as monophyletic, as well as the sister relationship between current A. jekelii and congeneric species A. coryli in Attelabidae, with the highest nodal supports both in Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. In order to gain a more comprehensive picture of the phylogenetic relationships among the lineages of Attelabidae, an extended analysis with more taxonomic sampling will be necessary. †These authors contributed equally to this paper.

Attelabids of subfamily Apoderinae mainly distribute over the tropical region or concentrate on the Manchuria subregion, and they are sparsely distribute in other parts of Palaearctic region. Four Tribes are known in the world and three 13 in Apoderini, Tribes, 2 in Clitostylini and 6 in Hoplapoderini, is reported in Korea. Among them, six species material was unable to be examined Korea. This study provided cradle structure and illustrations of the subfamily Apoderinae from Korea

A total of 48 host plants of 12 species of leaf-rolling weevils form 5 provinces in Korea are recongnized by results of field observation of long period and breeding of cradles in the laboratory from April 2006 to September 2010. Of them 1 species are added the host plants for the first time in Korea.