Hylesia metabus isolate:HME01 Genome sequencing

This is the first nuclear genome assembly for Hylesia metabus (Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Saturniidae). The assembled nuclear genome sequence is 1,271 Mb long. It is scaffolded in 31 pseudo chromosomes. It has a BUSCO score of 99.5%. Repetitive elements composed 67% of the nuclear genome, mainly located in intergenic regions, among which LINEs were predominant, with CR1-Zenon being the most abundant. The Hylesia metabus nuclear genome and mitogenome assemblies can be found and browsed on the BIPAA website and constitute useful resources for future population genomic and comparative genomics studies.