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 Anisota virginiensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens23
BINs1
Marker genes1
Countries2
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus23 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 14 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)0.74%
Haplotypes12
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.7%
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 type2 824 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 388
Museum / vouchered436
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 676 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 1 342≤1 km 295≤10 km 153>10 km 213
2 003 georeferenced · 385 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 388
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 accuracy27% within 1 km
≤100 m 10≤1 km 82≤10 km 214>10 km 39
345 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence436
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
158
East Lansing, US
58
Cambridge, US
52
St. Paul, US
20
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
15
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
15
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
15
Philadelphia, US
12
Brussels, BE
9
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
9
University of Central Floridalocation not on record
7
ASUlocation not on record
6
Toronto, CA
6
Blacksburg, US
6
Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM)location not on record
6
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
6
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
5
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
3
OSUClocation not on record
3
UDlocation not on record
3
Saint John, CA
3
CUlocation not on record
3
Denver, US
2
SOVTlocation not on record
2
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Decorah, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Zürich, CH
1
UKY-HIClocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
31 institutions · 431 of 436 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
