Euxoa aquilina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Mediterranean region of Europe, North Africa, the Near East and the Middle East. Adults are on wing from May to October. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed subterraneous on roots of Poaceae species and other herbivorous plants.
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 Euxoa aquilina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens59
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections70
Countries9
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus59 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 3 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)0.29%
Haplotypes7
BINs2
Most divergent pair1.1%
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 065 records
Wild obs. + sensor577
Museum / vouchered1 105
Other383
Origin
Native459
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 328 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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 31≤1 km 142≤10 km 308>10 km 1
482 georeferenced · 95 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor577
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 189≤10 km 605>10 km 9
814 georeferenced · 291 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 105
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 institutions15 of 39 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
198
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
143
Zürich, CH
122
Bern, CH
76
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
49
Sion, CH
39
SFRAlocation not on record
36
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
34
UMUlocation not on record
23
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
23
Geneva, CH
19
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
17
NMOKlocation not on record
12
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
10
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
10
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
10
Paro, BT
8
Dhaka, BD
7
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
7
Salzburg, AT
6
UGRlocation not on record
6
Nijmegen, NL
6
Frauenfeld, CH
5
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
5
Tartu, EE
4
Winterthur, CH
4
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
4
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
3
Fribourg, CH
2
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Glarus, CH
2
ЗМКУlocation not on record
2
МПХУlocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
39 institutions · 902 of 1 105 vouchered records shown · 203 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA70 detections
Where the DNA of Euxoa aquilina 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 found70
Studies independent surveys1
Countries8
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 70 detections have coordinates
Open the map8 countries0
dry grassland
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 median19.7 °C 9.60–21.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.0 °C
Max temp (day)24.5 °C 14.0–26.8
Min temp (night)13.9 °C 3.50–16.0
Precipitation75.7 mm/mo 33.0–118
Air humidity56.0 % 51.2–59.8
Moisture balance-63.5 mm/mo -110–6.10
Vapour deficit1,058 Pa 490–1,173
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.90–4.40
Cloud cover35.0 % 25.3–39.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 61 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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