Acanthotoca graefii

(Hulst, 1896) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Geometridae/Acanthotoca

At a glance

Occurrence records82

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Acanthotoca graefii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility82 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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 & distributionGBIF82 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Acanthotoca graefii is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Acanthotoca graefii is 6920.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Acanthotoca graefii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries2

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 type82 records

Wild obs. + sensor65

Museum / vouchered17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO100 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 49≤1 km 7>10 km 2

58 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor65

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 1

1 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

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 institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Washington, US	12
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	3
New Haven, US	1
East Lansing, US	1

4 institutions · 17 of 17 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Acanthotoca graefii 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

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

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 median27.4 °C 26.7–28.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.0 °C

Max temp (day)32.7 °C 32.0–33.3

Min temp (night)21.5 °C 21.4–21.5

Precipitation70.0 mm/mo 51.5–88.4

Air humidity51.8 % 47.1–56.6

Moisture balance-119 mm/mo -140–-97.4

Vapour deficit1,784 Pa 1,537–2,030

Wind speed3.10 m/s 3.00–3.10

Cloud cover22.6 % 17.7–27.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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