Acronicta euphorbiae, the sweet gale moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
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 Acronicta euphorbiae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus49 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)0.50%
Haplotypes13
BINs2
Most divergent pair3.3%
EuropeOther
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 type7 778 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 549
Museum / vouchered2 609
Other620
Origin
Native2 204
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 216 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 accuracy38% within 1 km
≤100 m 954≤1 km 454≤10 km 2 244>10 km 33
3 685 georeferenced · 864 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 549
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 accuracy11% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 223≤10 km 2 123>10 km 80
2 464 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 609
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 institutions18 of 48 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Zürich, CH
411
Bern, CH
220
Salzburg, AT
141
Dhaka, BD
133
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
122
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
103
Geneva, CH
101
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
68
Sion, CH
65
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
63
Glarus, CH
59
Paro, BT
57
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
54
Fribourg, CH
49
Frauenfeld, CH
49
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
47
UMUlocation not on record
31
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
29
Winterthur, CH
25
Nijmegen, NL
22
DABUHlocation not on record
21
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
17
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
16
SFRAlocation not on record
12
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
12
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
11
Tromsø, NO
10
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
9
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
8
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
8
Tartu, EE
8
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
7
KSSlocation not on record
6
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
5
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
5
MZLUlocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
ЗМКУlocation not on record
3
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
3
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
3
МПХУlocation not on record
3
EGBlocation not on record
2
Podgorica, ME
2
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
48 institutions · 2 040 of 2 609 vouchered records shown · 569 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Acronicta euphorbiae 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 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.
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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 778 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics50 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗