Alucita pygmaea — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Alucitidae/Alucita

At a glance

Occurrence records123

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Alucita pygmaea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility123 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 & distributionGBIF123 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Alucita pygmaea is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Fiji. The wingspan is about 8 mm. The larvae feed on Canthium oleifolium.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Alucita pygmaea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

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-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type123 records

Wild obs. + sensor120

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO212 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 50≤1 km 39≤10 km 1>10 km 15

105 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor120

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
Australian National Insect Collectionlocation not on record	3

1 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Alucita pygmaea 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median23.1 °C 22.3–23.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.80 °C

Max temp (day)27.0 °C 26.2–27.7

Min temp (night)19.0 °C 16.7–21.2

Precipitation212 mm/mo 104–320

Air humidity61.6 % 55.4–67.9

Moisture balance57.9 mm/mo -61.8–178

Vapour deficit1,074 Pa 946–1,201

Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.10–3.50

Cloud cover41.1 % 24.2–58.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.