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 Acronicta auricoma has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens59
BINs2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections53
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus56 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 13 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)0.47%
Haplotypes13
BINs2
Most divergent pair2.1%
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-5Patp6
animal barcodemitochondrial
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type31 573 records
Wild obs. + sensor24 275
Museum / vouchered6 824
Other474
Origin
Native1 175
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO32 624 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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 827≤1 km 5 426≤10 km 9 096>10 km 216
22 565 georeferenced · 1 710 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor24 275
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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 599≤1 km 1 457≤10 km 3 148>10 km 210
6 414 georeferenced · 410 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 824
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 institutions23 of 62 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
2 540
Helsinki, FI
1 156
Zürich, CH
242
Bern, CH
145
Tartu, EE
144
NHMOlocation not on record
137
Kuopio, FI
108
ZMAAlocation not on record
101
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
97
Salzburg, AT
97
Geneva, CH
88
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
76
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
76
Dhaka, BD
50
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
37
Metsähallituslocation not on record
37
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
35
Tallinn, EE
33
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
33
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
33
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
31
UMUlocation not on record
31
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
30
Tromsø, NO
28
Philadelphia, US
27
Frauenfeld, CH
27
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
25
Glarus, CH
24
MZLUlocation not on record
24
Winterthur, CH
24
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
24
Sion, CH
24
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
24
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
23
Podgorica, ME
23
Paro, BT
23
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
21
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
19
Stockholm, SE
18
Rovaniemi, FI
17
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
16
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
16
DABUHlocation not on record
16
SFRAlocation not on record
14
Nijmegen, NL
14
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
14
Fribourg, CH
12
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
11
ZSMlocation not on record
5
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
2
EGBlocation not on record
2
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
2
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
RMZlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 5 888 of 6 824 vouchered records shown · 936 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA53 detections
Where the DNA of Acronicta auricoma 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 found53
Studies independent surveys4
Countries10
Verifiable raw sequence linked3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 53 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 countries0
edge woodland/meadowoakwoodlandfutaiemeadow
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 median14.5 °C 8.50–20.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.5 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 11.4–24.6
Min temp (night)9.50 °C 3.60–15.2
Precipitation82.1 mm/mo 47.8–135
Air humidity58.9 % 57.5–62.4
Moisture balance-26.7 mm/mo -69.7–29.5
Vapour deficit678 Pa 419–995
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.20–4.30
Cloud cover38.6 % 33.2–51.9
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility31 573 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI53 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics59 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗