Nanopore sequencing of complete mitochondrial genome of the cotton mealybug, <i>Phenacoccus solenopsis</i> Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

Mealybugs are aggressive pests worldwide, but few complete mitochondrial genomes have been reported. Here, we got the complete mitochondrial genome of the cotton mealybug, <i>Phenacoccus solenopsis</i> Tinsley, using Oxford Nanopore Technology. It is 14743 bp in length, encodes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), and 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and exhibits a high AT content of 90.33%. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree revealed that <i>P. solenopsis</i> is closely related to <i>P. manihoti</i>. This study presents the first complete mitogenome of a mealybug obtained through long-read sequencing, providing a valuable genomic resource for further studies of the mealybug family.