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 Agrypnia pagetana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens134
BINs1
Marker genes6
eDNA detections116
Countries8
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus113 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 20 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)1.1%
Haplotypes20
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.9%
N.AmericaEurope
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-5P18S18S-3PEF1-alphaRPB2Wnt1
animal barcoderibosomalmarker
07Deep time2.58–1.8 Ma
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
Fossil range2.58–1.8 Ma Pleistocene
Dated fossil finds1
StatusNot recorded since 1.8 Ma
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Agrypnia pagetana. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
fossil range (PBDB)each dot = one dated find
How it livedPBDB
Environmentterrestrial
Motilityactively mobile
Compositionchitin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 871 records
Wild obs. + sensor6 065
Museum / vouchered784
Fossil20
Other2
Origin
Native142
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO9 872 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 2 567≤1 km 188≤10 km 2 890>10 km 4
5 649 georeferenced · 416 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 065
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 accuracy43% within 1 km
≤100 m 97≤1 km 128≤10 km 292>10 km 8
525 georeferenced · 259 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence784
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 institutions13 of 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Zürich, CH
115
Helsinki, FI
73
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
72
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
53
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
50
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
38
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
32
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
31
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
29
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
27
Vancouver, CA
23
Tilburg, NL
16
AQBGlocation not on record
16
Bern, CH
10
Toronto, CA
5
ZMAAlocation not on record
5
Champaign, US
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Tartu, EE
3
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Rovaniemi, FI
1
Montréal, CA
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 619 of 784 vouchered records shown · 164 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA116 detections
Where the DNA of Agrypnia pagetana 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 found116
Studies independent surveys2
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
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 median10.4 °C 5.70–11.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter37.0 °C
Max temp (day)14.6 °C 8.50–15.2
Min temp (night)7.10 °C 2.20–8.70
Precipitation88.0 mm/mo 44.9–96.1
Air humidity61.6 % 59.8–65.3
Moisture balance-9.00 mm/mo -36.7–21.0
Vapour deficit485 Pa 317–539
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.20–4.20
Cloud cover50.8 % 42.1–60.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 113 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.
