Apamea crenata, known as the clouded-bordered brindle, is a moth in the family Noctuidae . It is distributed throughout the Palearctic realm. In the North it crosses the Arctic Circle, in the Mediterranean it is found only in cool locations and mountains avoiding very hot areas. In the Alps, it rises to an altitude of about 2000 metres. Mounted
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 Apamea crenata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens99
BINs1
Marker genes2
eDNA detections244
Countries14
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus91 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)0.51%
Haplotypes20
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.2%
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualApamea crenata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈580 431 227 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Apamea crenata0.58 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness98.9% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type141 222 records
Wild obs. + sensor127 393
Museum / vouchered12 809
Other1 020
Origin
Native4 563
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO75 584 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 17 946≤1 km 8 939≤10 km 98 287>10 km 277
125 449 georeferenced · 1 944 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor127 393
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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 841≤1 km 2 220≤10 km 4 773>10 km 231
12 065 georeferenced · 744 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence12 809
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 institutions24 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
1 929
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
1 642
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
829
Zürich, CH
494
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
350
NHMOlocation not on record
297
Kuopio, FI
291
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
261
Bern, CH
258
Salzburg, AT
186
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
149
Tartu, EE
124
ZMAAlocation not on record
121
Geneva, CH
113
Dhaka, BD
104
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
99
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
96
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
82
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
82
Paro, BT
80
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
77
Garðabær, IS
69
Fribourg, CH
68
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
63
Sion, CH
59
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
59
CBDClocation not on record
57
Tromsø, NO
50
Glarus, CH
48
Philadelphia, US
47
Frauenfeld, CH
41
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
40
MZLUlocation not on record
38
NMOKlocation not on record
30
Winterthur, CH
30
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
29
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
27
Stockholm, SE
26
DABUHlocation not on record
26
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
25
UMUlocation not on record
23
Tallinn, EE
23
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
22
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
22
KIRMlocation not on record
18
Rovaniemi, FI
17
Metsähallituslocation not on record
17
RMZlocation not on record
16
Nijmegen, NL
14
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
14
Podgorica, ME
14
BioFokuslocation not on record
14
ZSMlocation not on record
11
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
11
SFRAlocation not on record
8
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
6
neflocation not on record
6
JP
5
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
3
МПХУlocation not on record
3
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
3
KSSlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Theo Gruenewaldlocation not on record
2
Maduka University Ekwegbe Nsukka Nigerialocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
EGBlocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
1
69 institutions · 8 779 of 12 809 vouchered records shown · 4 030 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA244 detections
Where the DNA of Apamea crenata 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 found244
Studies independent surveys3
Countries14
Verifiable raw sequence linked143
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 244 detections have coordinates
Open the map14 countries0
Mixed forest on sandy soilHay meadowFen edgeGarden, coast and birch habitatFarmland, coast and birch habitatGarden and heatland, coastal habitat
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 median13.8 °C 9.40–16.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.9 °C 12.5–20.0
Min temp (night)9.60 °C 4.00–11.5
Precipitation79.7 mm/mo 48.6–148
Air humidity60.1 % 57.7–64.2
Moisture balance-33.9 mm/mo -58.5–47.0
Vapour deficit636 Pa 436–745
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.20–4.80
Cloud cover43.3 % 35.8–54.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 240 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility141 222 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI244 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics99 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗