Altica litigata

Fall, 1910 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica

At a glance

Occurrence records127

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens47

eDNA detections47

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Altica litigata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility127 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI47 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics47 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 & distributionGBIF127 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries47 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD47 specimens

01Narrative

Altica litigata, known generally as crepe myrtle flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Other common names include the evening primrose flea beetle and primrose willow flea beetle. It is found in Central America and North America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding47 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 Altica litigata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens47

Marker genes1

eDNA detections47

Countries1

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-3P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type127 records

Wild obs. + sensor15

Museum / vouchered112

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO144 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 7≤10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor15

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 accuracy2% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 20>10 km 41

62 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence112

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 institutions5 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Lexington, US	47
University of Central Floridalocation not on record	11
US	8
Lubbock, US	6
Cambridge, US	1
College Station, US	1

6 institutions · 74 of 112 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA47 detections

Where the DNA of Altica litigata 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 found47

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 47 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 median23.0 °C 12.7–25.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C

Max temp (day)28.2 °C 18.8–31.2

Min temp (night)18.2 °C 8.90–21.2

Precipitation117 mm/mo 67.2–146

Air humidity57.4 % 56.0–58.3

Moisture balance-49.4 mm/mo -100–-28.7

Vapour deficit1,168 Pa 650–1,423

Wind speed5.50 m/s 5.10–6.00

Cloud cover33.8 % 24.9–38.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 40 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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