# The genome sequence of the Garden Tiger, Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

## TL;DR

This paper provides the genome sequence of the Garden Tiger moth, including two haplotypes and a mitochondrial genome.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is the high-quality genome assembly of Arctia caja, including chromosomal pseudomolecules and mitochondrial DNA.

## Key findings

- The genome assembly includes two haplotypes with total lengths of 700.59 and 699.20 megabases.
- Haplotype 1 is mostly scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome.
- The mitochondrial genome is 15.41 kilobases in length.

## Abstract

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of
Arctia caja (Garden Tiger; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Erebidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 700.59 megabases and 699.20 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.63%) 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 15.41 kilobases.