The clearwing moth,
Synanthedon bicingulata
Staudinger, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), is a serious pest that infests cherry trees. This species, which is distributed in South Korea, was once regarded as
S. hector
found in Japan, but renamed as
S. bicingulata
based on morphology. Molecular data for this species are not available. Hence, we sequenced the 16,255-bp long complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of
S. bicingulata
. Phylogenetic analyses in the Cossoidea superfamily supported monophyly of the
Synanthedon
genus and Synanthedonini tribe. This newly sequenced mitogenome of
S. bicingulata
will be useful for studies in a diverse field of evolutionary study.