Amphipyra pyramidoides Amphipyra pyramidoides, the copper underwing,Amphipyra pyramidoides – Copper Underwing Moth – Guenée, 1852, North American Moth Photographers GroupSpecies Amphipyra pyramidoides - Copper Underwing - Hodges#9638, BugGuide is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in the US and southern Canada. The wingspan is 38–52 mm. Adults are on wing from July through October depending on the location. There is one generation per year. They overwinter as eggs. The larvae feed on the leaves of many broadleaf trees and shrubs, including apple, basswood, hawthorn, maple, oak, walnut, raspberry, grape, greenbrier (Smilax). The larvae are active in the spring; when ready to pupate they build a shelter by rolling a leaf. Aggregations of newly eclosed adults are found under bark, etc., in mid-summer. Larva, early instar Larva, later instar Pupa
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 pyramidoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens100
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections103
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus100 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 5 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)0.34%
Haplotypes18
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
N.America
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 type12 576 records
Wild obs. + sensor11 394
Museum / vouchered1 182
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO25 952 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 273≤1 km 1 498≤10 km 515>10 km 1 226
9 512 georeferenced · 1 882 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 394
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 51≤1 km 172≤10 km 370>10 km 41
634 georeferenced · 548 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 182
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 institutions21 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
New Haven, US
347
East Lansing, US
113
Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record
110
St. Paul, US
78
Mississippi State, US
69
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
61
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
44
OSUClocation not on record
35
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
30
King Saud Universitylocation not on record
30
CUlocation not on record
29
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
27
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
25
Vernal, US
16
Cambridge, US
9
SOVTlocation not on record
9
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
8
Decorah, US
8
Philadelphia, US
7
Toronto, CA
6
Denver, US
5
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
5
UDlocation not on record
5
Champaign, US
3
WWUlocation not on record
3
Chicago, US
3
University of California, Davislocation not on record
3
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
3
University Park, US
2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
2
US
2
Biodiversity Institute of Ontariolocation not on record
2
MZLUlocation not on record
2
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
University of Guelphlocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
Chicago, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
Zürich, CH
1
Tartu, EE
1
Awka, NG
1
45 institutions · 1 113 of 1 182 vouchered records shown · 69 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA103 detections
Where the DNA of Amphipyra pyramidoides 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 found103
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed 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 median16.6 °C 12.5–21.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.1 °C
Max temp (day)21.0 °C 16.7–25.7
Min temp (night)12.9 °C 6.60–17.6
Precipitation88.1 mm/mo 78.4–106
Air humidity59.4 % 55.1–61.1
Moisture balance-37.7 mm/mo -65.5–18.1
Vapour deficit744 Pa 624–1,026
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.30–4.90
Cloud cover43.5 % 38.2–51.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 96 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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