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 Argyresthia goedartella has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens268
BINs5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections987
Countries14
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P655 bp consensus242 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. 94% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 37 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. Showing the 28 commonest of 70 variants.
Diversity (π)2.3%
Haplotypes70
BINs5
Most divergent pair26.3%
EuropeN.America
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 manualArgyresthia goedartella 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≈1 108 801 089 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 Argyresthia goedartella1.11 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
Completeness97.5% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type31 601 records
Wild obs. + sensor29 011
Museum / vouchered2 395
Cultivated / captive1
Other194
Origin
Native31
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO29 948 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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 11 317≤1 km 4 585≤10 km 11 081>10 km 78
27 061 georeferenced · 1 950 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor29 011
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 accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 309≤1 km 409≤10 km 108>10 km 20
1 846 georeferenced · 549 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 395
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions18 of 48 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
526
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
226
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
163
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
111
NHMOlocation not on record
100
Tartu, EE
68
Stockholm, SE
61
Salzburg, AT
56
Oulu, FI
36
Kuopio, FI
34
Edmonton, CA
33
Nijmegen, NL
25
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
24
RMZlocation not on record
23
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
22
Garðabær, IS
20
Tallinn, EE
19
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
18
Washington, US
16
Philadelphia, US
13
Wellcome Sanger Institutelocation not on record
12
DABUHlocation not on record
11
Rovaniemi, FI
10
Tilburg, NL
10
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
7
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
6
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
6
Metsähallituslocation not on record
6
East Lansing, US
4
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
Tromsø, NO
2
University of Alaska Museumlocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
neflocation not on record
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
Vernal, US
2
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
Research Collection of Alfred Haslbergerlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
CBDClocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Kai Berggrenlocation not on record
1
48 institutions · 1 700 of 2 395 vouchered records shown · 695 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA987 detections
Where the DNA of Argyresthia goedartella 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 found987
Studies independent surveys4
Countries14
Verifiable raw sequence linked715
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median16.2 °C 12.5–17.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.7 °C
Max temp (day)19.9 °C 14.5–21.4
Min temp (night)12.6 °C 8.60–13.9
Precipitation81.7 mm/mo 66.2–155
Air humidity60.7 % 58.2–68.6
Moisture balance-29.6 mm/mo -60.7–77.7
Vapour deficit705 Pa 454–811
Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.30–4.70
Cloud cover48.5 % 40.0–53.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 978 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 Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility31 601 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI987 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics268 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗