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 Aloconota gregaria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens67
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections906
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P654 bp consensus60 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 7 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)0.58%
Haplotypes10
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.4%
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 801 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 954
Museum / vouchered835
Cultivated / captive10
Fossil2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 220 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 058≤1 km 494≤10 km 331
1 883 georeferenced · 71 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 954
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 accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 313≤1 km 216≤10 km 168>10 km 18
715 georeferenced · 120 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence835
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 10 records without
Open the mapnot free-living10
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 institutions12 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
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
209
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
84
NHMOlocation not on record
56
Olocation not on record
52
Trondheim, NO
37
Helsinki, FI
30
Tilburg, NL
29
Kuopio, FI
24
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
23
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
22
Tallinn, EE
21
CBDClocation not on record
21
Tromsø, NO
16
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
15
Copenhagen, DK
14
neflocation not on record
13
LSMlocation not on record
13
Akademia Pomorska w Słupskulocation not on record
12
ZSMlocation not on record
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
9
NMOKlocation not on record
8
Salzburg, AT
8
BioFokuslocation not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
6
State Museum of Nature History, Lvivlocation not on record
6
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record
6
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
5
MZLUlocation not on record
3
ZMAAlocation not on record
3
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
2
Tartu, EE
2
NCMGlocation not on record
2
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
T.G. Shevchenko National University, Zoological Museum, Kyivlocation not on record
1
38 institutions · 775 of 835 vouchered records shown · 60 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 DNA906 detections
Where the DNA of Aloconota gregaria 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 found906
Studies independent surveys4
Countries11
Verifiable raw sequence linked396
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 906 detections have coordinates
Open the map11 countries0
3. Shrubland | 3.5. Subtropical/Tropical Dry…8.1. Hot Desert|8. Desert3. Shrubland|3.5. Subtropical/Tropical Dry S…8. Desert|8.1. Hot Desert
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 median14.1 °C 1.90–14.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.6 °C
Max temp (day)16.7 °C 4.70–18.8
Min temp (night)10.4 °C -1.10–12.5
Precipitation62.9 mm/mo 36.0–71.6
Air humidity60.8 % 59.3–64.5
Moisture balance-47.8 mm/mo -66.7–10.2
Vapour deficit622 Pa 249–682
Wind speed4.20 m/s 3.00–5.00
Cloud cover46.7 % 39.1–55.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 904 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.
