Acalyptris platani

(Müller-Rutz, 1934) van Nieukerken, 1986 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae/Acalyptris

At a glance

Occurrence records56

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens9

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Acalyptris platani's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility56 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF56 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 3 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD9 specimens

01Narrative

Acalyptris platani is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in southern Europe and western Asia, from Portugal to Iran. It has spread westwards from its original occurrence in the Balkans before 1930, and has since been found in western France and Switzerland. It has also been recorded from Menorca, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Turkey. The wingspan is 5–5.4 mm. Adults are on wing from in May and June and again in July and August. There are probably two generations per year. The larvae feed on Platanus acerifolia, Platanus orientalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, winding, full depth corridor. The frass line is green when fresh and turns brown later. It is very variable in width. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding9 specimens

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 Acalyptris platani has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens9

BINs3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P651 bp consensus8 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. 86% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 93 variable positions, in barcode order

2Tvariable

3Avariable

5Avariable

7Tvariable

9Tvariable

10Avariable

12Avariable

13Tvariable

14Tvariable

15Tvariable

16Gvariable

17Gvariable

18Ghighly variable

19Amostly conserved

20Tvariable

21Tvariable

23Gvariable

25Tvariable

26Cvariable

28Gvariable

29Gvariable

31Avariable

34Tvariable

35Tvariable

36Amostly conserved

37Gvariable

38Gvariable

39Amostly conserved

40Avariable

42Avariable

44Cvariable

45Tvariable

46Tvariable

47Tvariable

49Avariable

50Gvariable

55Tvariable

57Avariable

58Avariable

59Tvariable

60Tvariable

61Cvariable

62Gvariable

65Cvariable

67Gvariable

68Avariable

70Tvariable

71Tvariable

73Gvariable

74Gvariable

75Avariable

76Avariable

77Avariable

78Tvariable

79Cvariable

80Cvariable

82Gvariable

83Gvariable

84Avariable

86Avariable

87Cvariable

88Tvariable

90Avariable

91Avariable

92Tvariable

93Tmostly conserved

95Gvariable

114Tmostly conserved

144Amostly conserved

168Tmostly conserved

177Amostly conserved

193Cvariable

213Amostly conserved

216Tmostly conserved

243Cvariable

259Tmostly conserved

267Tmostly conserved

274Cmostly conserved

280Cvariable

318Gvariable

326Gmostly conserved

333Amostly conserved

336Tmostly conserved

343Tmostly conserved

351Tmostly conserved

360Tmostly conserved

399Amostly conserved

441Tmostly conserved

504Amostly conserved

525Amostly conserved

603Tmostly conserved

612Tmostly conserved

630Cmostly conserved

TTATATTTTATATTTGGGATTTGATCAGGAATATTAGGAACATCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGAAATCCAGGATACTTA …

Variant network

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)6.9%

Haplotypes4

BINs3

Most divergent pair0.77%

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.

Acalyptris pistaciaesame genus6.3%Acalyptris minimellasame genus6.3%Stigmella procrastinellasame family9.0%Stigmella freyellasame family9.2%Pexicopia proseliasame order10.0%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type56 records

Wild obs. + sensor49

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO192 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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 25≤1 km 4≤10 km 8

37 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor49

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4

4 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

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

Institution	Specimens
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record	1
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record	1
University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museumlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 3 of 7 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Acalyptris platani 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries3

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 countries0

roadside trees

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 median21.0 °C 16.3–23.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.8 °C

Max temp (day)25.2 °C 19.7–25.6

Min temp (night)15.6 °C 12.4–20.4

Precipitation36.1 mm/mo 11.2–41.3

Air humidity55.9 % 44.5–56.6

Moisture balance-122 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,094 Pa 1,025–1,233

Wind speed9.80 m/s

Cloud cover28.6 % 21.3–36.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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