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 varia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens50
BINs2
Marker genes3
eDNA detections60
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus37 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 5 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)0.47%
Haplotypes17
BINs2
Most divergent pair1.4%
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-5P18SWnt1
animal barcoderibosomalmarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type10 111 records
Wild obs. + sensor8 414
Museum / vouchered1 678
Fossil6
Other13
Origin
Native423
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 192 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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 628≤1 km 937≤10 km 4 153>10 km 1
7 719 georeferenced · 695 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor8 414
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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 329≤1 km 362≤10 km 829>10 km 23
1 543 georeferenced · 135 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 678
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 institutions14 of 38 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
385
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
272
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
161
Zürich, CH
132
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
110
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
77
Helsinki, FI
67
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
47
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
28
Institute of Biology of the University of Latvialocation not on record
26
Tilburg, NL
21
AQBGlocation not on record
14
NHMOlocation not on record
11
BioFokuslocation not on record
10
LEBAlocation not on record
10
Stockholm, SE
10
ZMAAlocation not on record
9
Frankfurt am Main
8
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
8
Bern, CH
8
Tartu, EE
7
Tromsø, NO
6
St. Paul, US
6
GdAMlocation not on record
6
Porrentruy, CH
4
South Kensington, GB
4
UMUlocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
Musee cantonal de zoologie de Lausannelocation not on record
3
CIBIOlocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
Geneva, CH
2
Rovaniemi, FI
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
1
Champaign, US
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
38 institutions · 1 470 of 1 678 vouchered records shown · 208 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA60 detections
Where the DNA of Agrypnia varia 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 found60
Studies independent surveys3
Countries15
Verifiable raw sequence linked22
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 60 detections have coordinates
Open the map15 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 median15.8 °C 9.30–17.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.4 °C
Max temp (day)19.1 °C 13.1–21.9
Min temp (night)10.8 °C 4.80–13.9
Precipitation76.2 mm/mo 50.9–124
Air humidity61.1 % 58.0–63.0
Moisture balance-17.9 mm/mo -55.0–51.7
Vapour deficit698 Pa 476–831
Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.10–4.20
Cloud cover46.1 % 35.8–56.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 56 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.
