Agrochola macilenta, the yellow-line Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. It is found in Europe (except Russia) and in Asia Minor. The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Forewing ochreous washed with pale fulvous; the inner and outer lines very faint, marked chiefly by the dark teeth on the veins; a dark spot at base of wing; median shade variable; stigmata of the ground colour, with slight pale outlines, the lower end of the reniform nearly always black; submarginal line ochreous edged inwardly with rufous, nearly straight except for the angulation on vein 7; hindwing grey, the fringe rufous; — in the ab. nigrodentata Fuchs the basal, inner, and outer lines are all strongly marked, blackish and dentate.Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 The caterpillar is reddish brown with white dots, and three white lines on the back; the line along the spiracles is whitish with a dusky edge above. The head is ochreous brown and the plate on the first ring blackish lined with white. Figs 6 larvae after final moult The moth flies from September to December depending on the location. The larvae feed on various shrubs and deciduous trees, including Carpinus, Crataegus, Fagus, Populus, Prunus, Ulmus, Salix, Quercus, Calluna, Hieracium and Plantago.
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 Agrochola macilenta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens63
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections78
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus57 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 3 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)0.28%
Haplotypes17
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.76%
Europe
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 manualAgrochola macilenta 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≈683 208 122 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 Agrochola macilenta0.68 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% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type23 651 records
Wild obs. + sensor20 454
Museum / vouchered2 638
Other559
Origin
Native3 825
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 984 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 accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 360≤1 km 2 942≤10 km 9 450>10 km 72
18 824 georeferenced · 1 630 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor20 454
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 109≤1 km 787≤10 km 1 539>10 km 41
2 476 georeferenced · 162 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 638
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 institutions19 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
500
Zürich, CH
154
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
153
Bern, CH
146
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
114
Tartu, EE
80
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
61
Dhaka, BD
60
Geneva, CH
60
Paro, BT
56
Salzburg, AT
51
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
50
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
46
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
39
Frauenfeld, CH
37
MZLUlocation not on record
34
DABUHlocation not on record
30
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
30
Sion, CH
28
SFRAlocation not on record
27
Podgorica, ME
26
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
25
Nijmegen, NL
23
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
20
UMUlocation not on record
18
Fribourg, CH
18
Glarus, CH
17
Tallinn, EE
17
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
16
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
16
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
15
Winterthur, CH
13
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
12
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
11
Stockholm, SE
10
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
8
NHMOlocation not on record
4
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
4
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Brussels, BE
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Cambridge, US
1
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
1
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Rudolf Tannertlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Dirk Stadielocation not on record
1
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record
1
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
1
50 institutions · 2 047 of 2 638 vouchered records shown · 591 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA78 detections
Where the DNA of Agrochola macilenta 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 found78
Studies independent surveys3
Countries13
Verifiable raw sequence linked11
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 78 detections have coordinates
Open the map13 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 median10.9 °C 6.30–13.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.1 °C
Max temp (day)14.3 °C 9.50–17.9
Min temp (night)7.60 °C 3.50–10.4
Precipitation72.9 mm/mo 49.0–138
Air humidity63.6 % 58.8–65.8
Moisture balance16.1 mm/mo -21.2–94.8
Vapour deficit468 Pa 364–605
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.20–4.90
Cloud cover45.0 % 38.6–49.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 72 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.