Agrius convolvuli
Linnaeus, 1758 · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Agrius convolvuli's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility61 721 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI335 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics381 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Agrius convolvuli, the convolvulus hawk-moth, is a large hawk-moth. It is common throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, partly as a migrant. In New Zealand, it is also known as the kumara moth, and in the Māori language as hīhue.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
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 Agrius convolvuli has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Agrius convolvuli 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
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).
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.
Record type61 721 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions34 of 107 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 | 3 462 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 263 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 170 |
| Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record | 162 |
| Sydney, AU | 122 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 120 |
| Zürich, CH | 114 |
| Salzburg, AT | 109 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 88 |
| Mangilao, GU | 72 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 67 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 66 |
| Tartu, EE | 65 |
| Auckland, NZ | 54 |
| National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record | 52 |
| Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record | 51 |
| tesrilocation not on record | 51 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 43 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 38 |
| Garðabær, IS | 37 |
| FACTlocation not on record | 36 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 34 |
| Tromsø, NO | 33 |
| Paro, BT | 32 |
| University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record | 28 |
| Tallinn, EE | 26 |
| New Haven, US | 26 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 25 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 25 |
| Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 24 |
| Chiba, JP | 21 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 21 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 19 |
| National Museum of Tanzanialocation not on record | 19 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 19 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 19 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 18 |
| Natick, US | 17 |
| Dhaka, BD | 17 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 14 |
| Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record | 14 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 13 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 13 |
| South Kensington, GB | 13 |
| RMZlocation not on record | 13 |
| Helsinki, FI | 12 |
| Podgorica, ME | 12 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 12 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 12 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 11 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 10 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 10 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 9 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 9 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 8 |
| State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record | 8 |
| Laboratoire Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, University Lyon 1location not on record | 8 |
| JP | 8 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record | 6 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 6 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 6 |
| Banyoles, ES | 5 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 5 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bern, CH | 5 |
| Philadelphia, US | 5 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 4 |
| Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record | 4 |
| KSTRlocation not on record | 4 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 4 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 4 |
| SUVlocation not on record | 4 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Geneva, CH | 3 |
| Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1location not on record | 3 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 2 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 2 |
| Sanda, JP | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 2 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Shiojiri City Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| UAclocation not on record | 1 |
| neflocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineeringlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoological Survey of India. Western Regional Centre, Punelocation not on record | 1 |
| Loyola College, Entomology Research Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| KCMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bando, JP | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 1 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| IJIBlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Agrius convolvuli 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.