Apamea sublustris, the reddish light arches, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1788. It is found in central and southern Europe (including southern Great Britain), Turkey and the Caucasus.
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 sublustris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens43
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections41
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus40 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 6 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)0.33%
Haplotypes14
BIN1
Most divergent pair1.2%
Europe
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualApamea sublustris 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≈646 440 770 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 sublustris0.65 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 type21 201 records
Wild obs. + sensor16 258
Museum / vouchered4 393
Other550
Origin
Native3 082
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO18 024 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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 919≤1 km 2 032≤10 km 9 345>10 km 37
15 333 georeferenced · 925 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor16 258
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 accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 684≤1 km 1 225≤10 km 2 142>10 km 51
4 102 georeferenced · 291 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 393
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 institutions21 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
858
Helsinki, FI
705
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
588
Zürich, CH
210
Salzburg, AT
92
NHMOlocation not on record
86
Tartu, EE
86
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
73
Bern, CH
72
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
71
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
65
Paro, BT
62
Dhaka, BD
61
ZMAAlocation not on record
59
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
58
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
55
Stockholm, SE
54
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
52
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
48
Geneva, CH
47
Kuopio, FI
38
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
37
Philadelphia, US
32
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
31
Sion, CH
28
MZLUlocation not on record
26
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
25
Frauenfeld, CH
23
Winterthur, CH
22
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
19
SFRAlocation not on record
17
Nijmegen, NL
17
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
15
Podgorica, ME
13
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
13
Tallinn, EE
12
Metsähallituslocation not on record
12
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
11
CBDClocation not on record
9
Fribourg, CH
9
UMUlocation not on record
8
Glarus, CH
8
DABUHlocation not on record
6
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
6
ZSMlocation not on record
6
Tromsø, NO
4
NMOKlocation not on record
4
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
KSSlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
2
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record
1
ЗМКУlocation not on record
1
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
neflocation not on record
1
58 institutions · 3 871 of 4 393 vouchered records shown · 522 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA41 detections
Where the DNA of Apamea sublustris 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 found41
Studies independent surveys1
Countries10
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 41 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 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 median15.1 °C 12.4–17.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.6 °C
Max temp (day)19.1 °C 15.7–21.1
Min temp (night)10.3 °C 7.50–12.9
Precipitation75.1 mm/mo 56.5–169
Air humidity60.4 % 57.3–63.3
Moisture balance-40.8 mm/mo -64.8–115
Vapour deficit687 Pa 575–813
Wind speed3.20 m/s 1.90–6.00
Cloud cover38.2 % 35.3–42.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 40 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 Facility21 201 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI41 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics43 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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