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 Andrena imitatrix has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens31
BINs3
Marker genes1
eDNA detections32
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus28 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 17 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)0.87%
Haplotypes6
BINs3
Most divergent pair3.0%
N.AmericaOther
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 type4 250 records
Wild obs. + sensor13
Museum / vouchered4 074
Other163
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 520 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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 3>10 km 4
13 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor13
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 accuracy14% within 1 km
≤100 m 37≤1 km 236≤10 km 1 707>10 km 41
2 021 georeferenced · 2 053 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 074
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 institutions19 of 38 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Champaign, US
1 738
420
University Park, US
416
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
343
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
180
WIlocation not on record
157
LULlocation not on record
107
Cambridge, US
78
North Carolina State University Insect Museumlocation not on record
67
White River Junction, US
66
OSUClocation not on record
53
St. Paul, US
50
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
45
New Haven, US
44
Beltsville, US
40
UNHClocation not on record
36
Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record
26
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
26
College Station, US
20
Toronto, CA
13
Wuzhou, CN
13
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
12
Chicago, US
9
Toronto, CA
9
Mississippi State, US
5
Denton, US
5
Philadelphia, US
5
WSUClocation not on record
5
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
2
Vermont Center for Ecostudieslocation not on record
2
USDA ARSlocation not on record
2
Blacksburg, US
2
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
1
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
1
Washington, US
1
University of Manitoba, Wallis Roughley Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
1
University of Alabamalocation not on record
1
38 institutions · 4 005 of 4 074 vouchered records shown · 69 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA32 detections
Where the DNA of Andrena imitatrix 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 found32
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 32 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
agriculturalhighbush blueberry crops
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 median13.2 °C 7.50–18.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C
Max temp (day)18.8 °C 13.0–23.7
Min temp (night)8.00 °C 2.40–13.6
Precipitation88.2 mm/mo 77.4–103
Air humidity55.8 % 54.8–57.7
Moisture balance-32.0 mm/mo -60.5–-5.40
Vapour deficit692 Pa 470–885
Wind speed3.80 m/s 2.90–4.60
Cloud cover45.0 % 41.1–48.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 20 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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 250 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI32 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗