Diorhabda sublineata (Subtropical tamarisk beetle, icDioSubl1.1) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Diorhabda sublineata

Diorhabda sublineata is a leaf beetle known as the subtropical tamarisk beetle (STB). The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1849. It feeds on tamarisk trees from Portugal, Spain and France to Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Iraq. It is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk, an invasive species in arid and semi-arid ecosystems.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_026230105.1].

The total length of the assembly is 456219552 bp contained within 310 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 38450617, the scaffold L50 value is 6. The GC% content of the assembly is 32.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_026230105.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release vGCF_026230105.1-RS_2023_05.html. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.