Ardices canescens

Butler, 1875 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Erebidae/Ardices

At a glance

Occurrence records1 479

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections30

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ardices canescens's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 479 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI30 eDNA detections↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 479 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries30 detections

01Narrative

Ardices canescens, the dark-spotted tiger moth or light ermine moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae that is found across most of Australia. It originally was included in the genus Spilosoma, but later the generic status of Ardices was proven. The larvae are polyphagous, and are known to feed on Bidens pilosa, Helianthus annuus, Taraxacum officinale, Ipomoea batatas, Alcea rosea, Rosa odorata, Plantago, Ricinus communis and Tradescantia albiflora. The polyembrionic parasitoid wasp Copidosoma floridanum sometimes uses this species of caterpillar as a host.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding30 eDNA hits

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 Ardices canescens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections30

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 479 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 213

Museum / vouchered266

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 196 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 accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 425≤1 km 249≤10 km 120>10 km 71

865 georeferenced · 348 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 213

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 accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤10 km 10>10 km 1

31 georeferenced · 235 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence266

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 institutions1 of 6 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museums Victorialocation not on record	155
QVMAGlocation not on record	64
DPIlocation not on record	35
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	9
Sydney, AU	2
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 266 of 266 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA30 detections

Where the DNA of Ardices canescens 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 found30

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 30 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Dry Sclerophyll Forest

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 median20.0 °C 11.2–22.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.0 °C

Max temp (day)23.7 °C 16.9–24.5

Min temp (night)16.4 °C 5.10–20.9

Precipitation95.3 mm/mo 63.5–119

Air humidity61.6 % 56.3–62.0

Moisture balance-22.8 mm/mo

Vapour deficit872 Pa 589–1,033

Wind speed2.60 m/s

Cloud cover24.1 % 20.4–29.5

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 30 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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Ardices canescens

At a glance

Sources5 archives

At a glance

Record type1 479 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions1 of 6 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 479 records