The genome sequence of the Thistle Conch moth, <i>Aethes cnicana</i> (Westwood, 1854)

We present a genome assembly from a male specimen of <i>Aethes cnicana</i> (Thistle Conch; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Tortricidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 412.26 megabases. Most of the assembly (96.09%) is scaffolded into 30 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled, with a length of 15.66 kilobases.