Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The forewings are greyish brown clouded with a darker hue. They are covered by two indented lines. The dark-hued larvae feed on animal fats, greasy clothing, animal droppings, dead vegetation, fruit and grasses. Native to the Palearctic. It has been introduced in North America.Bugguide.net. Species Aglossa pinguinalis - Large Tabby - Hodges#5516 It has also be introduced to New Zealand.
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 Aglossa pinguinalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens46
BINs4
Marker genes2
eDNA detections38
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus36 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. 87% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 86 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)1.9%
Haplotypes10
BINs4
Most divergent pair14.3%
EuropeN.AmericaAsia
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type15 090 records
Wild obs. + sensor13 902
Museum / vouchered1 084
Other104
Origin
Native10
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO26 308 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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 656≤1 km 1 502≤10 km 5 319>10 km 323
11 800 georeferenced · 2 102 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 902
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 150≤1 km 302≤10 km 262>10 km 233
947 georeferenced · 137 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 084
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 institutions15 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
Helsinki, FI
434
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
127
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
78
Zürich, CH
55
Tartu, EE
55
NHMOlocation not on record
50
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
24
Salzburg, AT
24
Philadelphia, US
23
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
21
Nijmegen, NL
12
ZMAAlocation not on record
12
CBDClocation not on record
11
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record
11
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
8
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
7
NCMGlocation not on record
6
Stockholm, SE
6
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
5
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
5
New Haven, US
4
ZAF-UMUlocation not on record
4
Rovaniemi, FI
4
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
3
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
3
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
3
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
3
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
3
Tallinn, EE
2
DABUHlocation not on record
2
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Australian National Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
Vernal, US
2
SOVTlocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Naturmuseum Suedtirollocation not on record
1
Ugentlocation not on record
1
Kuopio, FI
1
Brussels, BE
1
Mississippi State, US
1
47 institutions · 1 033 of 1 084 vouchered records shown · 51 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA38 detections
Where the DNA of Aglossa pinguinalis 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 found38
Studies independent surveys1
Countries9
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 38 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 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 median16.6 °C 12.5–18.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.8 °C
Max temp (day)20.3 °C 16.5–24.1
Min temp (night)12.1 °C 7.50–14.8
Precipitation84.1 mm/mo 46.0–163
Air humidity59.7 % 54.0–62.2
Moisture balance-39.3 mm/mo -83.6–75.4
Vapour deficit745 Pa 554–985
Wind speed2.80 m/s 1.80–3.70
Cloud cover40.1 % 34.6–46.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 36 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-EBI38 eDNA detections↗
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