Agrotis ipsilon
(Hufnagel, 1766) · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Agrotis ipsilon's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility193 099 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI417 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics433 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.
La Noctuelle ipsilon ou Noctuelle baignée, Agrotis ipsilon, est une espèce de lépidoptères, un Papillon de nuit de la famille des Noctuidae, de la sous-famille des Noctuinae et du genre Agrotis, à répartition cosmopolite. La chenille, appelée « ver gris » est, pendant les premiers stades de développement larvaire, un ravageur de nombreuses plantes sauvages et cultivées.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data 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 Agrotis ipsilon 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 Agrotis ipsilon 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 type193 099 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 institutions52 of 137 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 | 9 406 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 413 |
| Helsinki, FI | 920 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 601 |
| Zürich, CH | 523 |
| UMUlocation not on record | 468 |
| New Haven, US | 431 |
| Bern, CH | 317 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 222 |
| Dhaka, BD | 217 |
| East Lansing, US | 214 |
| Geneva, CH | 193 |
| Honolulu, US | 168 |
| Garðabær, IS | 161 |
| CUlocation not on record | 142 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 130 |
| Tartu, EE | 126 |
| Salzburg, AT | 123 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 119 |
| St. Paul, US | 107 |
| Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record | 104 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 101 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 99 |
| San Diego, US | 91 |
| Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record | 87 |
| tesrilocation not on record | 84 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 81 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 73 |
| Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 72 |
| Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 72 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 67 |
| King Saud Universitylocation not on record | 66 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 64 |
| Sion, CH | 59 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 55 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 49 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 49 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 42 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 40 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 39 |
| University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record | 39 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 39 |
| Glarus, CH | 37 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 36 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 36 |
| Fribourg, CH | 35 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 34 |
| Paro, BT | 33 |
| Winterthur, CH | 31 |
| Podgorica, ME | 29 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 28 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 27 |
| Taiwan Forestry Research Institutelocation not on record | 26 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 26 |
| Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record | 25 |
| Vernal, US | 25 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 24 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 24 |
| US | 20 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 19 |
| Cambridge, US | 19 |
| Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 17 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 17 |
| JP | 16 |
| Tallinn, EE | 16 |
| FACTlocation not on record | 15 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 14 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| Brussels, BE | 14 |
| North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record | 14 |
| Philadelphia, US | 13 |
| Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record | 13 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 13 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 13 |
| Natick, US | 13 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Chiba, JP | 13 |
| Decorah, US | 13 |
| Awka, NG | 13 |
| RCMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Philadelphia, US | 12 |
| Kuopio, FI | 12 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record | 11 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 10 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 10 |
| San Francisco, US | 9 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 8 |
| Albuquerque, US | 8 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 8 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 6 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 6 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 6 |
| UAclocation not on record | 6 |
| Mississippi State, US | 6 |
| Tromsø, NO | 6 |
| UDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 5 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 5 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 5 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 5 |
| Toronto, CA | 5 |
| WWUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 4 |
| The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record | 4 |
| Champaign, US | 3 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 3 |
| Sydney, AU | 3 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 3 |
| Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 3 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 3 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| neflocation not on record | 2 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| HUNMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Espace pour la vielocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineeringlocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 1 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| The University of Hawaii Insect Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| EGBlocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| UGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Agrotis ipsilon 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.