Abrostola asclepiadis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South and Central Europe as far north as Finland and Sweden, Asia Minor and the Caucasus.Barry Goater, Lázló Ronkay, Michael Fibiger: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. In: Martin Honey, Michael Fibiger : Noctuidae Europaeae. Band 10. Entomological Press, Sorø 2003,
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Abrostola asclepiadis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens51
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections49
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus43 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 10 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.35%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.7%
Europe
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type8 900 records
Wild obs. + sensor5 463
Museum / vouchered2 899
Other538
Origin
Native1 492
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 352 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 347≤1 km 996≤10 km 2 530>10 km 74
4 947 georeferenced · 516 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5 463
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 288≤1 km 827≤10 km 1 643>10 km 24
2 782 georeferenced · 117 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 899
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions17 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
598
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
517
Helsinki, FI
378
Zürich, CH
132
Bern, CH
105
Salzburg, AT
88
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
59
Dhaka, BD
52
Tartu, EE
40
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
40
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
34
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
31
SFRAlocation not on record
30
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
29
Paro, BT
28
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
27
Glarus, CH
22
Sion, CH
22
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
21
ZMAAlocation not on record
20
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
20
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
20
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
17
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
15
Frauenfeld, CH
13
UMUlocation not on record
13
Kuopio, FI
12
MZLUlocation not on record
11
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
7
Philadelphia, US
6
Tallinn, EE
5
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
4
Fribourg, CH
4
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
4
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
4
New Haven, US
3
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
3
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
3
ЗИН РАНlocation not on record
2
KSSlocation not on record
2
EGBlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
ЗМ СО РАНlocation not on record
2
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Geneva, CH
1
NHMOlocation not on record
1
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 2 457 of 2 899 vouchered records shown · 442 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA49 detections
Where the DNA of Abrostola asclepiadis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found49
Studies independent surveys1
Countries7
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 49 detections have coordinates
Open the map7 countries0
dry grassland
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median11.8 °C 5.20–18.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.3 °C
Max temp (day)16.1 °C 9.70–23.0
Min temp (night)5.60 °C -0.1–13.9
Precipitation112 mm/mo 66.1–313
Air humidity61.2 % 57.9–64.6
Moisture balance-2.60 mm/mo -50.9–197
Vapour deficit558 Pa 320–921
Wind speed3.30 m/s 1.90–6.50
Cloud cover38.1 % 35.5–47.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 49 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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