Anavitrinella pampinaria, the common gray, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in most of North America except the Arctic regions, south to Mexico. The wingspan is 23–34 mm. The color of the forewing varies from medium gray to light yellowish-gray with heavy dark gray or black mottling. The first abdominal segment forms a pale whitish band, bordered proximally by a black line. This black line extends onto the base of the hindwing and onto the forewing, then curves forward but usually breaks before reaching the costa. The postmedial line is wavy and toothed. The subterminal line is white, scalloped or zigzagged. The hindwing color and pattern is similar to that of the forewing. Adults are on wing from April to October. The larvae feed on Malus, Fraxinus, Trifolium, Pyrus, Populus and Salix species. The larvae are light brown and mimic twigs. The head is flat-faced, mottled with tan, white, black and occasionally pink. There are often black spots forming a dark blotch to either side of the triangle.
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 Anavitrinella pampinaria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens35
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus31 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 9 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)0.24%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.4%
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 type11 022 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 581
Museum / vouchered1 441
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO14 416 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 5 464≤1 km 1 355≤10 km 471>10 km 754
8 044 georeferenced · 1 537 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 581
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 59≤1 km 133≤10 km 525>10 km 59
776 georeferenced · 665 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 441
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 institutions14 of 31 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
301
East Lansing, US
168
CUlocation not on record
106
Cambridge, US
99
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
93
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
66
Champaign, US
59
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
50
King Saud Universitylocation not on record
49
ASUlocation not on record
47
Mississippi State, US
42
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
41
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
32
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
29
Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM)location not on record
25
Decorah, US
18
Philadelphia, US
13
UDlocation not on record
12
OSUClocation not on record
9
Blacksburg, US
4
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
3
SOVTlocation not on record
3
Washington, US
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
Saint John, CA
2
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
2
US
1
St. Paul, US
1
Toronto, CA
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
US
1
31 institutions · 1 282 of 1 441 vouchered records shown · 159 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Anavitrinella pampinaria 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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.
