Argyrolacia bifida

Keifer, 1936 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Argyrolacia

At a glance

Occurrence records28

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Argyrolacia bifida's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility28 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF28 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Argyrolacia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Argyrolacia bifida, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.mothphotographersgroup The wingspan is 11–12.5 mm. The forewings are white, irrorated with dark fuscous, darker towards the costa and shading lighter towards the dorsum. The hindwings are light grey. The larvae possibly feed on Ceanothus divaricatus .Keifer H.H. 1936 – California Department of Food and Agriculture

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 Argyrolacia bifida has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type28 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO28 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy53% within 1 km

≤1 km 10≤10 km 9

19 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

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 institutions3 of 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Philadelphia, US	18
Washington, US	8
San Francisco, US	1

3 institutions · 27 of 27 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Argyrolacia bifida 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median16.7 °C 16.7–16.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.7 °C

Max temp (day)24.2 °C

Min temp (night)8.80 °C

Precipitation17.7 mm/mo

Air humidity48.2 %

Moisture balance-143 mm/mo

Vapour deficit990 Pa

Wind speed1.80 m/s

Cloud cover30.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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