Cassida rubiginosa
Müller, 1776 · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Cassida rubiginosa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 177 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI85 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics86 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The thistle tortoise beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) is a species of leaf beetle, situated in the subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles) and the genus Cassida.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
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 Cassida rubiginosa 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 Cassida rubiginosa 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 185×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database +1
diploid1×GoaT · Coleoptera Karyotype Database
Record type14 177 records
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 institutions27 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 274 |
| Tartu, EE | 83 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 78 |
| Helsinki, FI | 55 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 47 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 44 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 43 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 34 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 29 |
| Olocation not on record | 25 |
| Salzburg, AT | 25 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 25 |
| Trondheim, NO | 23 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 20 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 20 |
| Espace pour la vielocation not on record | 20 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 18 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 16 |
| Philadelphia, US | 16 |
| Tilburg, NL | 13 |
| Kuopio, FI | 13 |
| South Kensington, GB | 11 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 11 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 10 |
| Oulu, FI | 9 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 8 |
| TMPMlocation not on record | 8 |
| Champaign, US | 7 |
| University of Central Floridalocation not on record | 7 |
| LSMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tallinn, EE | 6 |
| Tomioka, JP | 6 |
| neflocation not on record | 6 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 6 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tromsø, NO | 5 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 5 |
| Chiba, JP | 4 |
| HUNMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 4 |
| Winterthur, CH | 4 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Guelphlocation not on record | 3 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 3 |
| Denver, US | 3 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 3 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Sanda, JP | 3 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 2 |
| Bando, JP | 2 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 2 |
| RCMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint John, CA | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| University Park, US | 2 |
| WIlocation not on record | 2 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Biodiversity Institute of Ontariolocation not on record | 2 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koeniglocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 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 Cassida rubiginosa 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.