The Sprawler (Asteroscopus sphinx) is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found throughout western Europe, but is mainly a Northern species occurring South to Northern Spain the southern edge of the Alps, Central Italy and Northern Greece. North to southern Sweden. East to Kaliningrad and Moscow. Also in Central Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. Larva Eggs
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 Asteroscopus sphinx has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens42
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections40
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus41 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)0.63%
Haplotypes11
BINs2
Most divergent pair1.7%
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 manualAsteroscopus sphinx 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≈857 339 802 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 Asteroscopus sphinx0.86 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
Completeness98.8% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type31 354 records
Wild obs. + sensor29 128
Museum / vouchered2 136
Other90
Origin
Native761
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO21 312 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 accuracy15% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 157≤1 km 841≤10 km 23 259>10 km 33
27 290 georeferenced · 1 838 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor29 128
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 accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 497≤1 km 291≤10 km 1 108>10 km 80
1 976 georeferenced · 160 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 136
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 institutions20 of 47 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
940
Zürich, CH
155
Bern, CH
74
Geneva, CH
65
Salzburg, AT
56
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
56
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
56
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
44
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
37
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
36
Frauenfeld, CH
36
Paro, BT
29
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
26
DABUHlocation not on record
26
Sion, CH
25
SFRAlocation not on record
22
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
22
Podgorica, ME
21
Nijmegen, NL
20
MZLUlocation not on record
19
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
19
Dhaka, BD
18
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
18
Helsinki, FI
15
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
15
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
13
CBDClocation not on record
11
Radicondoli, IT
9
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
9
UMUlocation not on record
9
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
9
Fribourg, CH
7
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
6
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
6
Tartu, EE
4
Winterthur, CH
4
ZSMlocation not on record
3
Brussels, BE
2
NCMGlocation not on record
2
Glarus, CH
2
NHMOlocation not on record
2
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
47 institutions · 1 956 of 2 136 vouchered records shown · 180 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA40 detections
Where the DNA of Asteroscopus sphinx 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 found40
Studies independent surveys1
Countries9
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 40 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 countries0
birch forestFloodplain 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 median9.00 °C 4.70–13.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.1 °C
Max temp (day)12.6 °C 8.30–16.9
Min temp (night)5.90 °C 1.70–9.60
Precipitation74.3 mm/mo 48.2–118
Air humidity63.9 % 60.4–67.2
Moisture balance23.0 mm/mo -12.8–72.7
Vapour deficit419 Pa 298–572
Wind speed3.40 m/s 2.20–4.60
Cloud cover45.9 % 38.2–52.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 37 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 Facility31 354 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI40 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics42 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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