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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2012, 13, 10236-10256; doi:10.3390/ijms130810236 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 /journal/ijms Article The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the Pink Stem Borer, Sesamia inferens, in Comparison with Four Other Noctuid Moths Huan-Na Chai and Yu-Zhou Du * Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; E-Mails: chaihuanna@126.com * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: yzdu@; Tel.: +86-514 Fax: +86-514 Received: 25 May 2012; in revised form: 1 August 2012 / Accepted: 11 August 2012 / Published: 16 August 2012 Abstract: The complete 15,413-bp mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Sesamia inferens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was sequenced and compared with those of four other noctuid moths. All of the mitogenomes analyzed displayed similar characteristics with respect to gene content, genome organization, nucleotide comparison, and codon usages. Twelve-one protein-coding genes (PCGs) utilized the standard ATN, but the cox1 gene used CGA as the initiation codon; cox1, cox2, and nad4 genes had the truncated termination codon T in the S. inferens mitogenome. All of the tRNA genes had typical cloverleaf secondary structures except for trnS1(AGN), in which the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm did not form a stable stem-loop structu