Cybosia is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Its only species, Cybosia mesomella, the four-dotted footman, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae."Four-dotted Footman Cybosia mesomella (Linnaeus, 1758) ". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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 Cybosia mesomella has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens41
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections54
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus35 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 4 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)0.11%
Haplotypes8
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
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 manualCybosia mesomella 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≈947 567 172 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 Cybosia mesomella0.95 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 type56 783 records
Wild obs. + sensor50 172
Museum / vouchered6 256
Other355
Origin
Native639
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO49 544 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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 14 630≤1 km 7 423≤10 km 26 017>10 km 180
48 250 georeferenced · 1 922 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor50 172
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 020≤1 km 1 372≤10 km 1 977>10 km 106
5 475 georeferenced · 781 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6 256
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 55 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
1 822
Helsinki, FI
1 423
South Kensington, GB
470
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
360
Tartu, EE
121
Kuopio, FI
107
Zürich, CH
89
Salzburg, AT
83
NHMOlocation not on record
81
ZMAAlocation not on record
74
Philadelphia, US
70
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
60
Bern, CH
50
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
38
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
36
Podgorica, ME
36
NMOKlocation not on record
35
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
33
Geneva, CH
27
Frauenfeld, CH
26
Tallinn, EE
23
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
23
Paro, BT
21
Dhaka, BD
20
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
15
Nijmegen, NL
13
UMUlocation not on record
12
CBDClocation not on record
10
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
9
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
7
SFRAlocation not on record
7
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
6
New Haven, US
6
Stockholm, SE
6
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Rovaniemi, FI
4
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
3
Cambridge, US
3
MZLUlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
EGBlocation not on record
3
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
2
NCMGlocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
DABUHlocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
55 institutions · 5 269 of 6 256 vouchered records shown · 987 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA54 detections
Where the DNA of Cybosia mesomella 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 found54
Studies independent surveys3
Countries10
Verifiable raw sequence linked17
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 54 detections have coordinates
Open the map10 countries0
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 median14.7 °C 12.3–18.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.6 °C
Max temp (day)19.2 °C 15.4–22.1
Min temp (night)10.4 °C 6.70–13.7
Precipitation73.2 mm/mo 53.7–147
Air humidity60.1 % 57.4–62.8
Moisture balance-39.3 mm/mo -71.6–16.5
Vapour deficit693 Pa 556–834
Wind speed2.80 m/s 1.80–4.30
Cloud cover40.9 % 34.5–51.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 52 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 Facility56 783 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI54 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics41 specimens↗
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