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Our knowledge about genetic spatial patterns and evolutionary history of insects still exhibits significant gaps hindering our ability to effectively conserve and manage insect populations and species. Genetic data may provide valuable insights into the diversity and the evolutionary relationships of insects\u2019 species and populations. Public repositories, such as GenBank and BOLD, containing vast archives of genetic data with associated metadata, offer an irreplaceable resource for researchers contributing to our understanding of species diversity, population structure and evolutionary relationships. However, there are some issues in using these data, as they are often scattered and may lack accuracy due to inconsistent sampling protocols and incomplete information. In this paper we describe a curated georeferenced database of genetic data collected in GenBank and BOLD, for insects listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Italian Red Lists (dragonflies, bees, saproxylic beetles and butterflies). After querying these repositories, we performed quality control and data standardization steps. We created a dataset containing approximately 33\u2009000 mitochondrial sequences and associated metadata about taxonomy, collection localities, geographic coordinates and IUCN Red List status for 1466 species across the four insect lists. We describe the current state of geographical metadata in queried repositories for species listed under different conservation status in the Italian Red Lists to quantify data gaps posing barriers to prioritization of conservation actions. Our curated dataset is available for data repurposing and analysis, enabling researchers to conduct comparative studies. We emphasize the importance of filling knowledge gaps in insect diversity and distribution and highlight the potential of this dataset for promoting other research fields like phylogeography, macrogenetics and conservation strategies. Our database can be downloaded through the Zenodo repository in SQL format.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Database URL: \u00a0https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/8375181<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/database\/baae002","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,29]],"date-time":"2024-01-29T13:55:40Z","timestamp":1706536540000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Filling knowledge gaps in insect conservation by leveraging genetic data from public archives"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"2024","author":[{"given":"Serena","family":"Baini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Biotechnologies \u2018Charles Darwin\u2019, Sapienza University of Rome , Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 32, Rome I-00185, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alessio","family":"De Biase","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology and Biotechnologies \u2018Charles Darwin\u2019, Sapienza University of Rome , Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 32, Rome I-00185, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024062912174740600_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-ento-020117-043348","article-title":"How many species of insects and other terrestrial arthropods are there on earth?","volume":"63","author":"Stork","year":"2018","journal-title":"Annu. 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