Aethes smeathmanniana, or Smeathmann's aethes moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. It is found in most of Europe, Asia Minor and in North America, where it has been recorded from New Jersey and Newfoundland and Labrador. The wingspan is 12 –. Adults are on wing from May to August. The larvae feed on the seeds of various plants, including Achillea millefolium and Centaurea species. Other recorded food plants include Anthemis cotula, Centaurea nigra and Lactuca sativa.
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 Aethes smeathmanniana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens91
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections106
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus85 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)0.84%
Haplotypes12
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.5%
EuropeN.America
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 manualAethes smeathmanniana 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≈426 370 109 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 Aethes smeathmanniana0.43 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 119≤1 km 2 568≤10 km 2 546>10 km 26
11 259 georeferenced · 715 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 974
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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 011≤1 km 334≤10 km 239>10 km 3
1 587 georeferenced · 275 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 862
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 47 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
829
NHMOlocation not on record
187
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
87
Tartu, EE
78
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
74
Kuopio, FI
56
Stockholm, SE
41
Philadelphia, US
37
Nijmegen, NL
29
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
28
Rovaniemi, FI
25
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
24
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
24
ZMAAlocation not on record
22
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
18
DABUHlocation not on record
18
Tallinn, EE
10
San Francisco, US
9
Denver, US
8
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
6
MZLUlocation not on record
5
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
5
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
5
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
4
RMZlocation not on record
4
Salzburg, AT
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
neflocation not on record
3
ZSMlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Edmonton, CA
3
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
3
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
2
St. Paul, US
2
Champaign, US
2
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Vernal, US
1
New Haven, US
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Daniel Handfieldlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Hartmut Wegnerlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
47 institutions · 1 680 of 1 862 vouchered records shown · 182 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA106 detections
Where the DNA of Aethes smeathmanniana 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 found106
Studies independent surveys3
Countries10
Verifiable raw sequence linked18
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median13.6 °C 1.10–17.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.7 °C 4.50–23.3
Min temp (night)8.50 °C -3.80–13.3
Precipitation70.6 mm/mo 32.0–120
Air humidity58.9 % 55.4–63.0
Moisture balance-33.7 mm/mo -79.4–16.9
Vapour deficit649 Pa 332–905
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.90–4.20
Cloud cover40.0 % 34.3–52.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 105 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI106 eDNA detections↗
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