Cerapteryx graminis, the antler moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species throughout most of Europe but is lacking in the very dry southern regions. The northernmost occurrence is Iceland, and above the Arctic circle. It also occurs in Siberia and in North Mongolia. The species has been introduced to North America. In the Alps it rises to an altitude of 2100 meters.
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 Cerapteryx graminis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens123
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections214
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus87 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 6 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)0.37%
Haplotypes6
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.91%
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 manualCerapteryx graminis 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≈1 023 388 902 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 Cerapteryx graminis1.02 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
Completeness98.1% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type181 190 records
Wild obs. + sensor167 286
Museum / vouchered13 167
Cultivated / captive1
Other736
Origin
Native2 430
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO85 836 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 accuracy43% within 1 km
≤100 m 49 592≤1 km 20 830≤10 km 91 525>10 km 382
162 329 georeferenced · 4 957 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor167 286
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 accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 995≤1 km 2 402≤10 km 4 729>10 km 256
12 382 georeferenced · 785 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13 167
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 institutions24 of 73 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
2 206
Helsinki, FI
2 044
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
637
Kuopio, FI
483
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
475
Zürich, CH
351
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
289
NHMOlocation not on record
270
Bern, CH
219
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
183
Tromsø, NO
158
Salzburg, AT
152
Geneva, CH
147
Tartu, EE
139
ZMAAlocation not on record
112
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
108
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
106
RMZlocation not on record
83
Dhaka, BD
79
Garðabær, IS
79
Fribourg, CH
72
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
64
Philadelphia, US
62
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
61
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
55
Glarus, CH
46
Paro, BT
45
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
41
Sion, CH
41
CBDClocation not on record
39
Tallinn, EE
38
Frauenfeld, CH
37
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
36
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
35
MZLUlocation not on record
32
NMOKlocation not on record
28
Metsähallituslocation not on record
24
Podgorica, ME
24
Stockholm, SE
24
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
23
SFRAlocation not on record
22
Nijmegen, NL
22
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
21
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
18
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
17
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
17
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
16
Rovaniemi, FI
16
South Kensington, GB
13
DABUHlocation not on record
12
University of Alberta Museums (UAM)location not on record
12
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
11
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
9
neflocation not on record
9
Winterthur, CH
9
UMUlocation not on record
6
Auckland, NZ
5
ZSMlocation not on record
4
ЗМ СО РАНlocation not on record
3
NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
2
KSTRlocation not on record
2
RERElocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
KSSlocation not on record
1
ННПМ НАНУlocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
1
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
1
ЗММУlocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Kai Berggrenlocation not on record
1
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
1
73 institutions · 9 409 of 13 167 vouchered records shown · 3 758 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 DNA214 detections
Where the DNA of Cerapteryx graminis 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 found214
Studies independent surveys3
Countries12
Verifiable raw sequence linked82
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 214 detections have coordinates
Open the map12 countries0
Farmland, coast and birch habitat
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 median15.8 °C 11.7–16.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.1 °C 15.2–20.2
Min temp (night)11.1 °C 5.90–13.4
Precipitation83.5 mm/mo 67.9–117
Air humidity62.5 % 58.9–63.7
Moisture balance24.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit672 Pa 552–760
Wind speed3.60 m/s
Cloud cover50.2 % 37.0–56.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 202 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 Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility181 190 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI214 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics123 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗