De novo transcriptome assemblies of major European oilseed rape insect pests

Trinity based de novo transcriptome assemblies were generated for the larval stages of five major European pest species. Total number of transcripts ranged from 112 247 for Ceutorhynchus. pallidactylus to 225 110 for Ceutorhyncus napi. Intermediate numbers between these extremes were found for Psylliodes chrysocephala, Brassicogethes aeneus and Dasineura brassicae. Bench-marking universal single-copy orthologues analyses for each dataset indicated high degree of completeness for all five species. The transcriptomes extend the list of genomic data on insect larvae that constitute major pests of oilseed rape. The data provide information on larval physiology and form a basis to develop highly specific RNA interference-based plant protection.