Frühlings-Kreuzflügel mit typischer Flügelstellung Weibchen Weibchen des Frühlings-Kreuzflügel bei der Eiablage an Europäischer Hopfenbuche (Ostrya carpinifolia) Raupe des Frühlings-Kreuzflügel an Zweigriffeligem Weißdorn (Crataegus laevigata) Der Frühlings-Kreuzflügel (Alsophila aescularia) ist ein Schmetterling (Nachtfalter) aus der Familie der Spanner (Geometridae).
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 Alsophila aescularia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens165
BINs1
Marker genes3
eDNA detections225
Countries15
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus150 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 4 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)0.46%
Haplotypes9
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.76%
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-3P★COI-5PCYTB
animal barcodemitochondrial
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualAlsophila aescularia 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≈901 596 142 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 Alsophila aescularia0.90 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
Completeness98.6% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type110 737 records
Wild obs. + sensor106 452
Museum / vouchered3 895
Other390
Origin
Native3 474
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO54 088 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 accuracy16% within 1 km
≤100 m 12 532≤1 km 3 728≤10 km 86 406>10 km 175
102 841 georeferenced · 3 611 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor106 452
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 779≤1 km 922≤10 km 1 853>10 km 111
3 665 georeferenced · 230 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 895
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 institutions22 of 66 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
670
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
552
Zürich, CH
460
Bern, CH
157
Salzburg, AT
114
Dhaka, BD
104
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
98
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
75
NHMOlocation not on record
73
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
69
Tartu, EE
64
Geneva, CH
53
Frauenfeld, CH
53
Podgorica, ME
47
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
44
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
43
Paro, BT
40
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
39
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
39
DABUHlocation not on record
32
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
29
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
29
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
26
Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte Dessaulocation not on record
23
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
21
Tallinn, EE
19
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
17
Radicondoli, IT
16
Nijmegen, NL
15
Philadelphia, US
15
New Haven, US
14
CBDClocation not on record
14
SFRAlocation not on record
14
Fribourg, CH
13
University of Ostravalocation not on record
12
ZSMlocation not on record
10
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
8
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
8
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
7
MZLUlocation not on record
7
Tromsø, NO
6
South Kensington, GB
6
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
5
NCMGlocation not on record
5
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
4
Maduka University Ekwegbe Nsukka Nigerialocation not on record
4
Ugentlocation not on record
4
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
3
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
3
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Stefano Scalerciolocation not on record
2
Glarus, CH
2
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
Cambridge, US
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Philosophical Societylocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record
1
Helsinki, FI
1
ZSM Collection of Manfred Sommererlocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
SBPlocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
RMZlocation not on record
1
66 institutions · 3 210 of 3 895 vouchered records shown · 685 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA225 detections
Where the DNA of Alsophila aescularia 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 found225
Studies independent surveys3
Countries14
Verifiable raw sequence linked60
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 median13.0 °C 2.50–14.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.3 °C
Max temp (day)15.2 °C 5.40–18.8
Min temp (night)8.60 °C -0.4–9.10
Precipitation66.0 mm/mo 44.2–83.0
Air humidity59.2 % 58.3–65.1
Moisture balance-27.5 mm/mo -58.5–18.2
Vapour deficit573 Pa 255–689
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.80–5.00
Cloud cover38.8 % 30.8–51.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 216 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility110 737 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI225 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics165 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗