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 Erinnyis oenotrus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens122
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus107 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 1 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)0.19%
Haplotypes6
BINs2
Most divergent pair6.1%
N.AmericaS.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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 090 records
Wild obs. + sensor346
Museum / vouchered680
Other64
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 604 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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 176≤1 km 52≤10 km 19>10 km 20
267 georeferenced · 79 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor346
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 accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 140≤1 km 16≤10 km 55>10 km 9
220 georeferenced · 460 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence680
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 institutions12 of 23 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
305
Mexico City, MX
96
FLMNH-UFlocation not on record
56
New Haven, US
55
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
42
South Kensington, GB
17
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
15
Tapachula, MX
14
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record
13
University of Pennsylvanialocation not on record
8
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
5
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
5
Tartu, EE
4
St. Paul, US
3
PUC-RSlocation not on record
3
Salzburg, AT
2
University of Rouen, ECODIV Laboratorylocation not on record
2
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Buenos Aires, AR
1
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record
1
MX
1
Saint John, CA
1
Toronto, CA
1
23 institutions · 651 of 680 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Erinnyis oenotrus 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median25.7 °C 25.7–25.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.00 °C
Max temp (day)27.7 °C
Min temp (night)24.1 °C
Precipitation274 mm/mo
Air humidity69.9 %
Moisture balance105 mm/mo
Vapour deficit989 Pa
Wind speed2.90 m/s
Cloud cover46.2 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
