Allophyes oxyacanthae, the green-brindled crescent, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe.
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 Allophyes oxyacanthae has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens82
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections103
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus80 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 12 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)0.79%
Haplotypes11
BINs3
Most divergent pair3.3%
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 manualAllophyes oxyacanthae 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≈458 464 223 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 Allophyes oxyacanthae0.46 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
Completeness99.2% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type132 105 records
Wild obs. + sensor124 467
Museum / vouchered6 932
Other706
Origin
Native2 834
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO64 776 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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 24 513≤1 km 8 854≤10 km 87 109>10 km 310
120 786 georeferenced · 3 681 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor124 467
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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 367≤1 km 1 678≤10 km 2 456>10 km 148
6 649 georeferenced · 283 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 932
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 62 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
1 824
Helsinki, FI
640
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
605
Bern, CH
169
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
165
NHMOlocation not on record
155
Tartu, EE
116
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
113
Salzburg, AT
109
Zürich, CH
106
Geneva, CH
93
Kuopio, FI
92
Dhaka, BD
84
CBDClocation not on record
61
Paro, BT
59
Podgorica, ME
53
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
51
Frauenfeld, CH
50
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
47
ZMAAlocation not on record
46
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
45
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
45
Philadelphia, US
42
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
39
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
36
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
33
Sion, CH
31
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
27
Winterthur, CH
26
SFRAlocation not on record
26
Nijmegen, NL
25
DABUHlocation not on record
24
Fribourg, CH
24
Metsähallituslocation not on record
22
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
21
MZLUlocation not on record
20
Tallinn, EE
16
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
16
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
16
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
13
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
13
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
10
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
10
Stockholm, SE
10
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
9
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
8
Auckland, NZ
8
Rovaniemi, FI
6
BioFokuslocation not on record
6
Glarus, CH
6
neflocation not on record
6
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
4
Trondheim, NO
4
Tromsø, NO
4
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
МПХУlocation not on record
1
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
1
ЗИН РАНlocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 5 301 of 6 932 vouchered records shown · 1 631 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA103 detections
Where the DNA of Allophyes oxyacanthae 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 found103
Studies independent surveys3
Countries11
Verifiable raw sequence linked17
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 median11.2 °C 7.90–14.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.0 °C
Max temp (day)15.0 °C 10.8–18.6
Min temp (night)8.60 °C 4.30–10.4
Precipitation73.8 mm/mo 55.4–113
Air humidity63.6 % 60.5–67.1
Moisture balance20.2 mm/mo -20.5–73.6
Vapour deficit487 Pa 360–622
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.30–4.90
Cloud cover45.9 % 41.7–55.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 100 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 Foundation6 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility132 105 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI103 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics82 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗