The mottled beauty (Alcis repandata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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 Alcis repandata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens185
BINs5
Marker genes2
eDNA detections230
Countries18
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus163 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. 94% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 38 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)3.1%
Haplotypes34
BINs5
Most divergent pair6.4%
EuropeAsia
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-5PEF1-alpha
animal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAlcis repandata 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≈396 357 622 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 Alcis repandata0.40 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
Completeness98.2% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type262 176 records
Wild obs. + sensor246 650
Museum / vouchered14 058
Cultivated / captive1
Other1 467
Origin
Native10 947
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO112 740 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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 35 860≤1 km 16 179≤10 km 188 969>10 km 427
241 435 georeferenced · 5 215 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor246 650
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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 166≤1 km 2 507≤10 km 6 435>10 km 267
12 375 georeferenced · 1 683 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14 058
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions23 of 72 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
1 748
Zürich, CH
1 331
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1 198
Bern, CH
920
South Kensington, GB
903
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
550
Dhaka, BD
428
NHMOlocation not on record
335
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
326
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
305
Salzburg, AT
207
Kuopio, FI
204
Tartu, EE
201
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
189
Geneva, CH
150
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
148
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
130
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
124
Paro, BT
120
Fribourg, CH
120
Frauenfeld, CH
111
ZMAAlocation not on record
94
Glarus, CH
92
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
60
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
58
ZSMlocation not on record
57
Helsinki, FI
57
CBDClocation not on record
50
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
40
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
37
Tallinn, EE
36
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
35
Podgorica, ME
35
Metsähallituslocation not on record
34
Philadelphia, US
32
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
27
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
27
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
26
DABUHlocation not on record
26
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
25
Stockholm, SE
21
Tromsø, NO
20
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
20
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
18
SFRAlocation not on record
17
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
17
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
14
neflocation not on record
10
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
10
Nijmegen, NL
10
MZLUlocation not on record
8
KSSlocation not on record
7
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
7
BioFokuslocation not on record
6
Sion, CH
6
New Haven, US
6
Research Collection of Kai Berggrenlocation not on record
3
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
3
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
Philosophical Societylocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Bernd Muellerlocation not on record
1
Consorzio Studi Universitarilocation not on record
1
Croatian Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Alfred Haslbergerlocation not on record
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
72 institutions · 10 823 of 14 058 vouchered records shown · 3 235 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA230 detections
Where the DNA of Alcis repandata 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 found230
Studies independent surveys3
Countries16
Verifiable raw sequence linked28
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 230 detections have coordinates
Open the map16 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 median16.2 °C 10.3–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.3 °C
Max temp (day)19.7 °C 13.5–22.5
Min temp (night)11.5 °C 4.90–13.9
Precipitation101 mm/mo 57.3–152
Air humidity59.6 % 55.3–62.7
Moisture balance-23.4 mm/mo -71.2–45.6
Vapour deficit736 Pa 506–909
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.80–5.10
Cloud cover38.3 % 33.8–51.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 210 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility262 176 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI230 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics185 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗