The copper underwing, humped green fruitworm or pyramidal green fruitworm (Amphipyra pyramidea) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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 Amphipyra pyramidea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens152
BINs4
Marker genes1
eDNA detections166
Countries19
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus145 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. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 45 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)2.1%
Haplotypes27
BINs4
Most divergent pair5.8%
EuropeAsiaOther
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type138 789 records
Wild obs. + sensor127 569
Museum / vouchered9 939
Other1 281
Origin
Native5 548
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO77 132 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 accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 25 644≤1 km 12 646≤10 km 85 209>10 km 406
123 905 georeferenced · 3 664 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor127 569
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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 536≤1 km 1 918≤10 km 3 569>10 km 207
9 230 georeferenced · 709 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9 939
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 institutions27 of 87 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
3 292
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1 032
Zürich, CH
367
Bern, CH
295
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
205
NHMOlocation not on record
187
Helsinki, FI
136
Tartu, EE
135
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
129
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
122
Geneva, CH
121
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
98
Salzburg, AT
92
Dhaka, BD
81
Paro, BT
80
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
75
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
75
Frauenfeld, CH
72
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
66
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
61
UMUlocation not on record
53
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
52
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
47
Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record
45
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
45
Glarus, CH
40
MZLUlocation not on record
39
Podgorica, ME
38
Shiojiri City Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
38
Winterthur, CH
35
Sion, CH
33
KIRMlocation not on record
32
JP
30
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
29
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
27
DABUHlocation not on record
27
Fribourg, CH
27
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
26
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
24
NCMGlocation not on record
21
New Haven, US
19
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
18
Nijmegen, NL
18
NMOKlocation not on record
18
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
17
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
16
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
16
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
16
BioFokuslocation not on record
15
Tallinn, EE
14
Brussels, BE
13
Kuopio, FI
13
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
11
SFRAlocation not on record
11
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
10
KOMlocation not on record
10
Sagamihara, JP
9
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
8
Philadelphia, US
7
Metsähallituslocation not on record
7
ZSMlocation not on record
6
RCMlocation not on record
5
CBDClocation not on record
4
Ugentlocation not on record
4
NSMKlocation not on record
4
EGBlocation not on record
4
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
4
Maduka University Ekwegbe Nsukka Nigerialocation not on record
4
Cambridge, US
4
HUNMlocation not on record
4
ZMAAlocation not on record
3
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
ЗИН РАНlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
NMMElocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Rovaniemi, FI
2
KCMNlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of G. Orhantlocation not on record
1
Tomioka, JP
1
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
ИЗШ НАНУlocation not on record
1
Chiba Universitylocation not on record
1
University of Edinburghlocation not on record
1
87 institutions · 7 772 of 9 939 vouchered records shown · 2 167 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA166 detections
Where the DNA of Amphipyra pyramidea 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 found166
Studies independent surveys4
Countries18
Verifiable raw sequence linked31
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 166 detections have coordinates
Open the map18 countries0
1.1. Boreal Forest|1. Forest & WoodlandmeadowsFloodplain forestedge woodland/meadowprivate gardenPozzines a Carex intricata de Corse (D2.242)
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 median16.6 °C 10.2–20.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.9 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C 12.9–24.5
Min temp (night)12.5 °C 5.90–15.2
Precipitation74.3 mm/mo 41.8–120
Air humidity61.1 % 56.7–63.9
Moisture balance-27.4 mm/mo -75.7–23.0
Vapour deficit724 Pa 461–995
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.00–4.30
Cloud cover41.8 % 33.4–47.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 145 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 Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility138 789 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI166 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics152 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗