The miller (Acronicta leporina) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe apart from the far south-east. The range extends from the South of Spain, Central Italy and Bulgaria to Scotland and Central Scandinavia, crossing the Arctic circle in Finland and Norway. Outside Europe it is only known in North Africa. In the Eastern Palearctic and the Nearctic realm it is replaced by Acronicta vulpina, (Grote, 1883) formerly known as Acronicta leporina subspecies vulpina. Caterpillar
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 leporina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens45
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections46
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus44 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 7 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)0.60%
Haplotypes13
BINs2
Most divergent pair0.91%
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAcronicta leporina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈465 575 723 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Acronicta leporina0.47 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness99.1% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type58 055 records
Wild obs. + sensor52 392
Museum / vouchered5 404
Other259
Origin
Native1 642
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO54 760 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 accuracy26% within 1 km
≤100 m 9 165≤1 km 4 144≤10 km 36 766>10 km 223
50 298 georeferenced · 2 094 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor52 392
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 630≤1 km 835≤10 km 2 269>10 km 243
4 977 georeferenced · 427 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 404
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 institutions28 of 70 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
1 599
Helsinki, FI
898
Zürich, CH
326
Bern, CH
125
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
112
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
112
NHMOlocation not on record
109
Salzburg, AT
102
Kuopio, FI
100
Tartu, EE
75
ZMAAlocation not on record
70
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
64
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
59
Philadelphia, US
54
Dhaka, BD
48
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
46
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
44
Frauenfeld, CH
44
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
42
Geneva, CH
40
Paro, BT
32
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
28
Glarus, CH
27
Fribourg, CH
27
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
26
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
26
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
26
Sion, CH
25
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
25
Tallinn, EE
24
Podgorica, ME
22
Nijmegen, NL
19
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
18
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
18
MZLUlocation not on record
17
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
16
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
15
CBDClocation not on record
15
Winterthur, CH
15
UMUlocation not on record
14
NCMGlocation not on record
14
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
14
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
13
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
11
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
SFRAlocation not on record
8
ZSMlocation not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
7
Rovaniemi, FI
6
Tromsø, NO
6
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
5
Ugentlocation not on record
4
New Haven, US
3
Cambridge, US
3
Brussels, BE
2
KSSlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
ЗММУlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
2
DABUHlocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
1
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
МПХУlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Denver, US
1
ЗМКУlocation not on record
1
70 institutions · 4 638 of 5 404 vouchered records shown · 766 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA46 detections
Where the DNA of Acronicta leporina 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 found46
Studies independent surveys3
Countries12
Verifiable raw sequence linked3
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 46 detections have coordinates
Open the map12 countries0
Foret de Melaja
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 median15.2 °C 6.50–18.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.6 °C
Max temp (day)18.9 °C 9.50–22.2
Min temp (night)10.4 °C 3.10–13.8
Precipitation76.0 mm/mo 48.2–144
Air humidity60.0 % 56.6–65.2
Moisture balance-38.2 mm/mo -86.1–42.4
Vapour deficit697 Pa 380–865
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.30–5.10
Cloud cover37.7 % 33.5–48.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 42 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility58 055 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI46 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗
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