the introduction of new fruit and berry-producing species has
expanded the host range of A. superciliosus, leading to its classification
as an economically important pest in South America (Klein and
Waterhouse, 2000; Parra et al., 2009).
Adults cause some damage by
chewing on leaves and shoots, but the principal damage is caused by
the feeding of larvae on the roots, which often kill the host plant
(Parra et al., 2009; Zavala et al., 2011).
In this study we present the complete mitogenome of
A. superciliosus, which is the first completely sequenced and annotated
mitogenome of the tribe Aterpini of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae.