Table 1. Comparisons of candidate genes involved in the sex pheromone biosynthesis among moths.
Asterisks indicate that the gene families were not reported from the transcriptomes. Aips, Agrotis ipsilon (Gu et al., 2013); Aper, Antheraea pernyi (Wang et al., 2020); Aseg, Agrotis segetum (Ding & Lofstedt, 2015); Ayun, Achelura yunnanensis; Cher, Ctenopseutis herana (Grapputo et al., 2018); Cobl, Ctenopseutis obliquana (Grapputo et al., 2018); Csup, Chilo suppressalis (Xia et al., 2015); Ecau, Ephestia cautella (Antony et al., 2015); Gdim, Grapholita dimorpha (Jung & Kim, 2014); Gmol, Grapholita molesta (Jung & Kim, 2014); Hass, Helicoverpa assulta (Li et al., 2015); Harm, Helicoverpa armigera (Li et al., 2015); Hvir, Heliothis virescens (Vogel et al., 2010); Hzea, Helicoverpa zea (Dou et al., 2019a); Mvit, Maruca vitrata (Cha et al., 2017); Nbil, Noorda blitealis (Zhang et al., 2021); Pexc, Planotortrix excessana (Grapputo et al., 2018); Pgos, Pectinophora gossypiella (Dou et al., 2019b); Poct, Planotortrix octo (Grapputo et al., 2018); Pxyl, Plutella xylostella (He et al., 2017); Sexi, Spodoptera exigua (Zhang et al., 2017); Sinf, Sesamia inferens (Zhang et al., 2014a; Zhang et al., 2014ab); Slit, Spodoptera litura (Zhang et al., 2015) and Sins, Streltzoviella insularis (Yang, Tao & Zong, 2020).
| Species | ACC | FAS | FAD | FAR | AR | ALDH | AO/ADH | ATF | FATP | AOX | Total | Transcriptome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zygaenidae | |||||||||||||
| Ayun | 3 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 63 | 4 | 6 | 191 | PG and 12 other tissues | |
| Noctuidae | |||||||||||||
| Aips | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | * | 5 | 5 | * | * | 42 | PG | |
| Aseg | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | * | * | * | 34 | * | * | 61 | PG and bodies | |
| Harm | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | * | 9 | 17 | * | * | 7 | 63 | PG | |
| Hass | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | * | 6 | 18 | * | * | 4 | 54 | PG | |
| Hvir | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | * | 6 | 42 | PG | |
| Hzea | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | * | 4 | * | * | * | * | 37 | PG and tarsi | |
| Sexi | 1 | * | 10 | 13 | * | * | * | 29 | 4 | * | 57 | PG | |
| Slit | 1 | * | 12 | 13 | * | * | * | 23 | 4 | * | 53 | PG | |
| Sinf | 7 | * | 6 | 3 | 6 | * | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 41 | PG and antennae | |
| Tortricidae | |||||||||||||
| Gdim | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | * | * | 1 | * | * | 14 | PG | |
| Gmol | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | * | * | 1 | * | * | 14 | PG | |
| Cher | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | * | * | * | 17 | 4 | * | 44 | PG and antennae | |
| Cobl | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | * | * | * | 21 | 4 | * | 49 | PG and antennae | |
| Pexc | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | * | * | * | 21 | 4 | * | 48 | PG and antennae | |
| Poct | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | * | * | * | 21 | 4 | * | 48 | PG and antennae | |
| Pyralidae | |||||||||||||
| Csup | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | * | * | * | * | 4 | 1 | 23 | PG | |
| Ecau | 6 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 11 | * | * | 18 | 5 | * | 102 | PG | |
| Crambidae | |||||||||||||
| Mvit | * | 29 | 20 | 4 | * | * | 5 | 6 | * | * | 64 | PG | |
| Nbil | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 28 | * | 6 | 114 | PG and bodies | |
| Cossidae | |||||||||||||
| Sins | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 5 | * | 5 | 2 | * | * | 49 | PG | |
| Plutellidae | |||||||||||||
| Pxyl | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 99 | PG and five other tissues | |
| Saturniidae | |||||||||||||
| Aper | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 | * | 24 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 77 | PG | |
| Gelechiidae | |||||||||||||
| Pgos | 1 | 4 | 17 | 8 | * | * | * | 17 | * | * | 47 | PG | |