The genome sequence of the Drinker, Euthrix potatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) - Data note

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Genome assembly for an individual female Euthrix potatoria (Drinker) provides two haplotypes with total lengths of 487.86 Mb and 466.06 Mb. Haplotype 1 is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome, while haplotype 2 is assembled to scaffold level. A mitochondrial genome of 15.43 kb is included. The assembly was generated within the Darwin Tree of Life project producing reference genomes for eukaryotic species from Britain and Ireland.

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Species taxonomy

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Sample acquisition and DNA barcoding

DATA NOTE The genome sequence of the Drinker, Euthrix potatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] Douglas Boyes 1+, Clare Boyes2, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding Collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, Darwin Tree of Life Consortium 1UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, England, UK 2Independent researcher, Welshpool, Wales, UK + Deceased author v1 First published: 03 Oct 2025, 10:534 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1) [Latest published:](Latest published: 03 Oct 2025)[ 03 Oct 2025](Latest published: 03 Oct 2025), 10:534 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1) Abstract We present a genome assembly from an individual female Euthrix potatoria (Drinker; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Lasiocampidae) . The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 487.86 megabases and 466.06 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.97%) is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.43 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland. Keywords Euthrix potatoria; Drinker; genome sequence; chromosomal; Lepidoptera This article is included in the Tree of Life gateway. Open Peer Review | Approval Status | | | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | 3 | | version 1
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03 Oct 2025 | | | 1. Masaki Takenaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan 2. Aqeel Alyousuf , University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq 3. Aleksandra Gwiazdowska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda, Poland Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Corresponding author: Darwin Tree of Life Consortium ([mark.blaxter@sanger.ac.uk](mark.blaxter@sanger.ac.uk)) Author roles: Boyes D: Investigation, Resources; Boyes C: Writing – Original Draft Preparation; Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed. Grant information: This work was supported by Wellcome through core funding to the Wellcome Sanger Institute (220540) and the Darwin Tree of Life Discretionary Award (218328) . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Copyright: © 2025 Boyes D et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. How to cite this article: Boyes D, Boyes C, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab et al. The genome sequence of the Drinker, Euthrix potatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) [version 1; peer review: 3 approved] Wellcome Open Research 2025, 10:534 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1) First published: 03 Oct 2025, 10:534 [https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1](https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.24922.1) Species taxonomy Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Panarthropoda; Arthropoda; Mandibulata; Pancrustacea; Hexapoda; Insecta; Dicondylia; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Amphiesmenoptera; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Neolepidoptera; Heteroneura; Ditrysia; Obtectomera; Bombycoidea; Lasiocampidae; Lasiocamp

FAQs

What genome features are included in the Euthrix potatoria assembly?

The study reports a chromosome-scale genome assembly with two haplotypes, plus a separately assembled mitochondrial genome.

How are haplotype 1 and haplotype 2 assembled?

Haplotype 1 is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules including the Z sex chromosome, whereas haplotype 2 is assembled to the scaffold level.

What project produced this reference genome and what region does it cover?

The assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.

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