Calvia quatuordecimguttata
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Calvia quatuordecimguttata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility50 921 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI280 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics85 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Calvia quatuordecimguttata, the cream-spot ladybird, is a species of ladybird in the family Coccinellidae. Its distribution is holarctic, it being found in Europe and through the East Palearctic to Japan. It is introduced to North America. This ladybird is generally 4 to in length and varies in appearance depending on the geographical location. It usually lives in hedgerows and deciduous trees.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Calvia quatuordecimguttata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (7S,10aR)-7-pentyl-1,4,5,7,8,9,10,10a-octahydropyrido[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepin-2-one | present | LOTUS |
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 Calvia quatuordecimguttata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Calvia quatuordecimguttata 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
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).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 201×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database
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.
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
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 solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Calvia quatuordecimguttata. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
How it livedPBDB
Record type50 922 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions42 of 100 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 307 |
| Brussel, BE | 243 |
| Edmonton, CA | 199 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 178 |
| Geneva, CH | 176 |
| Zürich, CH | 142 |
| Tartu, EE | 142 |
| Bern, CH | 132 |
| Helsinki, FI | 117 |
| Vancouver, CA | 113 |
| University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record | 113 |
| Olocation not on record | 96 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 79 |
| Philadelphia, US | 78 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 70 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 69 |
| Chicago, US | 63 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 61 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 60 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 57 |
| WIlocation not on record | 56 |
| Tromsø, NO | 49 |
| Dhaka, BD | 42 |
| Salzburg, AT | 41 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 40 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 35 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 31 |
| Kuopio, FI | 30 |
| Tilburg, NL | 30 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 29 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 29 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 29 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 27 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 27 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 22 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 22 |
| Fribourg, CH | 20 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 18 |
| South Kensington, GB | 17 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 17 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 16 |
| Trondheim, NO | 16 |
| Yamaguchi-shi, JP | 15 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 15 |
| Toronto, CA | 14 |
| Saint John, CA | 13 |
| Sion, CH | 12 |
| Zadock Thompson Natural History Collection, University of Vermontlocation not on record | 12 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 12 |
| LSMlocation not on record | 12 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 11 |
| Tallinn, EE | 11 |
| Espace pour la vielocation not on record | 11 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 11 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 11 |
| neflocation not on record | 10 |
| Department of Microbiology, Prince of Songkla Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 9 |
| Oulu, FI | 9 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 9 |
| TMPMlocation not on record | 8 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 8 |
| Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 7 |
| Bando, JP | 6 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 6 |
| Fairbanks Museum and Planetariumlocation not on record | 6 |
| KCMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 5 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| LEBAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 4 |
| Sanda, JP | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chiba, JP | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 3 |
| VTFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record | 2 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 2 |
| HUNMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Vernal, US | 1 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| DFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lexington, US | 1 |
| Veterinary Laboratory Agencylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Guelphlocation not on record | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Champaign, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Calvia quatuordecimguttata 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.