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 Apamea aquila has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens16
BINs4
Marker genes1
eDNA detections13
Countries6
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus15 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. 92% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 51 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)1.5%
Haplotypes3
BINs4
Most divergent pair2.1%
EuropeAsia
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 type1 539 records
Wild obs. + sensor854
Museum / vouchered595
Other90
Origin
Native364
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 592 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 accuracy21% within 1 km
≤100 m 43≤1 km 123≤10 km 628>10 km 1
795 georeferenced · 59 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor854
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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 95≤1 km 116≤10 km 326>10 km 4
541 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence595
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 35 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
78
Salzburg, AT
72
Zürich, CH
62
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
45
Bern, CH
44
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
30
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
28
SFRAlocation not on record
26
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
17
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
16
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
11
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
10
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
9
Geneva, CH
8
Dhaka, BD
6
UMUlocation not on record
4
Podgorica, ME
4
Paro, BT
4
Winterthur, CH
4
Frauenfeld, CH
4
JP
3
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
3
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
3
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
3
Tartu, EE
2
KIRMlocation not on record
2
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
2
Glarus, CH
2
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
2
Sagamihara, JP
2
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
1
DABUHlocation not on record
1
RCMlocation not on record
1
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of G. Orhantlocation not on record
1
35 institutions · 511 of 595 vouchered records shown · 84 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Apamea aquila 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 found13
Studies independent surveys1
Countries4
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median16.4 °C 13.6–19.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.2 °C
Max temp (day)20.9 °C 18.0–24.9
Min temp (night)10.9 °C 8.10–14.1
Precipitation169 mm/mo 87.3–256
Air humidity61.5 % 55.3–64.6
Moisture balance62.0 mm/mo -55.3–132
Vapour deficit699 Pa 605–1,048
Wind speed2.40 m/s 1.30–3.80
Cloud cover36.0 % 34.9–36.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 12 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 539 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
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