Apamea illyria is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in much of Europe, western Siberia, Turkey, and the Caucasus. The wingspan is 31–36 mm. Adults are on wing May to July. The larvae feed on Calamagrostis, Dactylis, and Deschampsia species, as well as Milium effusum.Lepidoptera of Norway.
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 illyria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens38
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections63
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus34 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 16 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)0.69%
Haplotypes10
BINs2
Most divergent pair1.8%
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 type12 979 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 414
Museum / vouchered3 369
Other196
Origin
Native626
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO13 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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 562≤1 km 2 039≤10 km 3 349>10 km 45
8 995 georeferenced · 419 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 414
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 accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 853≤1 km 755≤10 km 1 629>10 km 72
3 309 georeferenced · 60 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 369
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 49 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
709
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
499
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
187
NHMOlocation not on record
159
Zürich, CH
74
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
63
Kuopio, FI
61
Bern, CH
52
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
50
ZMAAlocation not on record
44
Salzburg, AT
39
Dhaka, BD
31
Tartu, EE
29
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
28
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
26
MZLUlocation not on record
24
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
23
SFRAlocation not on record
22
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
20
Paro, BT
20
Geneva, CH
20
Glarus, CH
17
NMOKlocation not on record
13
UMUlocation not on record
13
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
9
Sion, CH
9
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
8
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
6
Tallinn, EE
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
5
Frauenfeld, CH
5
Stockholm, SE
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
neflocation not on record
4
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
4
Fribourg, CH
4
Tromsø, NO
4
ZSMlocation not on record
3
DABUHlocation not on record
3
Rovaniemi, FI
3
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
2
Winterthur, CH
2
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Rudolf Tannertlocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
Nijmegen, NL
1
Maduka University Ekwegbe Nsukka Nigerialocation not on record
1
49 institutions · 2 320 of 3 369 vouchered records shown · 1 049 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA63 detections
Where the DNA of Apamea illyria 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 found63
Studies independent surveys3
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked33
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 63 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
Hay meadow
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 median13.5 °C 7.10–14.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.8 °C
Max temp (day)17.4 °C 10.6–19.1
Min temp (night)9.20 °C 2.80–10.9
Precipitation73.7 mm/mo 47.4–157
Air humidity58.8 % 56.4–63.4
Moisture balance-41.2 mm/mo -60.2–41.1
Vapour deficit651 Pa 383–740
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.30–3.70
Cloud cover44.7 % 36.8–53.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 62 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 979 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI63 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics38 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗