Archiearis parthenias, the orange underwing, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761 and can be found in Europe, Russia and Japan. Larva The wingspan is about 30–40 mm. The moths fly from February to May depending on the location. The larvae feed first on the catkins and then on the leaves of birch (Betula species).
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 Archiearis parthenias has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens55
BINs3
Marker genes8
eDNA detections53
Countries9
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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 10 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)1.2%
Haplotypes6
BINs3
Most divergent pair1.4%
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-3P★COI-5P18SCADDDCENOPERWnt1
animal barcoderibosomalmarker
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualArchiearis parthenias 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≈528 462 204 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 Archiearis parthenias0.53 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
Completeness99.8% BUSCO
07Deep time~47 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin47 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type30 443 records
Wild obs. + sensor27 831
Museum / vouchered2 409
Other203
Origin
Native303
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO48 064 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 accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 8 496≤1 km 6 676≤10 km 11 308>10 km 306
26 786 georeferenced · 1 045 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor27 831
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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 237≤1 km 722≤10 km 681>10 km 58
1 698 georeferenced · 711 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 409
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 56 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
South Kensington, GB
498
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
253
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
183
Salzburg, AT
111
NHMOlocation not on record
107
Tartu, EE
103
Zürich, CH
69
Tromsø, NO
62
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
61
Podgorica, ME
51
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
51
ZMAAlocation not on record
50
Helsinki, FI
46
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
41
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
33
Kuopio, FI
32
Dhaka, BD
30
Bern, CH
26
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
25
Frauenfeld, CH
20
Philadelphia, US
19
Geneva, CH
19
Nijmegen, NL
17
Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte Dessaulocation not on record
17
Fribourg, CH
14
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
9
MZLUlocation not on record
8
Rovaniemi, FI
7
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
7
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
5
RMZlocation not on record
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
NCMGlocation not on record
4
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
4
Tallinn, EE
4
CBDClocation not on record
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
3
Cambridge, US
3
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
DABUHlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
2
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Georg Stiegellocation not on record
1
Museum national d'Histoire naturellelocation not on record
1
SFRAlocation not on record
1
Naturmuseum Suedtirollocation not on record
1
University of Marylandlocation not on record
1
KWPlocation not on record
1
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
1
Ugentlocation not on record
1
56 institutions · 2 034 of 2 409 vouchered records shown · 375 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA53 detections
Where the DNA of Archiearis parthenias 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 found53
Studies independent surveys3
Countries8
Verifiable raw sequence linked12
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 53 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 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 median7.80 °C 3.40–13.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.9 °C
Max temp (day)11.4 °C 6.90–18.1
Min temp (night)3.10 °C -1.00–10.0
Precipitation59.3 mm/mo 43.4–102
Air humidity60.9 % 57.1–62.4
Moisture balance-4.20 mm/mo -48.4–51.3
Vapour deficit404 Pa 307–683
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.10–4.20
Cloud cover45.8 % 40.9–52.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 46 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 Facility30 443 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI53 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics55 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗