Altha nivea

Walker, 1862 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Limacodidae/Altha

At a glance

Occurrence records25

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens16

eDNA detections7

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Altha nivea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility25 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF25 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries7 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD16 specimens

01Narrative

Altha nivea is a moth of the family Limacodidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Borneo. The forewings are a white-orange to brown shade. Prominent dark dots are found at one third from the apex on the wing margins. Larval food plants include Camellia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding16 specimens

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 Altha nivea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens16

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections7

Countries5

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus15 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. 88% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 79 variable positions, in barcode order

46Tvariable

49Tvariable

50Cvariable

56Tvariable

58Avariable

70Avariable

76Amostly conserved

85Tvariable

91Tvariable

112Tvariable

115Tvariable

124Tmostly conserved

127Tmostly conserved

130Cvariable

136Tvariable

142Tvariable

169Cvariable

190Avariable

220Cvariable

229Avariable

235Tvariable

238Cvariable

259Tvariable

266Tvariable

268Avariable

271Cvariable

274Avariable

277Cvariable

280Avariable

304Tvariable

316Avariable

334Tvariable

343Avariable

353Gvariable

355Tvariable

361Tmostly conserved

364Tvariable

367Tvariable

373Cvariable

379Tvariable

382Tvariable

385Cvariable

386Cvariable

391Avariable

400Cvariable

401Cvariable

406Cvariable

415Tvariable

421Tvariable

424Tvariable

433Gvariable

454Tvariable

466Amostly conserved

474Amostly conserved

475Avariable

478Avariable

484Tvariable

508Amostly conserved

523Cvariable

529Tvariable

536Cvariable

539Cvariable

541Tvariable

553Tvariable

557Tmostly conserved

562Amostly conserved

565Tvariable

568Tmostly conserved

571Cvariable

574Tmostly conserved

586Tmostly conserved

589Tvariable

601Tmostly conserved

604Cvariable

619Tvariable

628Gmostly conserved

634Tvariable

640Tvariable

641Tvariable

AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTAGGAACTTCTCTAAGATTAATAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGAAATCCTGGATC …

Variant network

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)5.7%

Haplotypes7

BINs2

Most divergent pair10.8%

AsiaOther

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.

Belippa horridasame family9.4%Demonarosa rufotessellatasame family9.7%Eutelia leucodeltasame order10.0%Malgassoclanis delicatussame order10.2%Eana incananasame order10.3%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type25 records

Wild obs. + sensor22

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO92 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 6≤10 km 1>10 km 2

18 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor22

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

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

Institution	Specimens
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 3 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA7 detections

Where the DNA of Altha nivea 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 found7

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 7 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median28.7 °C 19.8–29.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.4 °C

Max temp (day)31.8 °C 23.4–32.8

Min temp (night)23.7 °C 13.7–24.5

Precipitation329 mm/mo 245–380

Air humidity60.0 % 59.6–63.0

Moisture balance147 mm/mo 89.6–211

Vapour deficit1,598 Pa 871–1,666

Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.20–2.50

Cloud cover22.8 % 21.0–23.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.

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