Euxoa recussa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The nominate form is found in mountainous areas in Southern Europe as well as the Alps. Euxoa recussa tetrastigma is found Northern Europe, east to auch in Russia, Western Siberia, the Altai Mountains and Amur. The wingspan is 32–40 mm. This moth flies from July to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants and grasses.
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 recussa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens37
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections37
Countries10
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus37 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)0.15%
Haplotypes7
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.61%
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 type6 725 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 817
Museum / vouchered2 700
Other208
Origin
Native1 400
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 760 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 accuracy39% within 1 km
≤100 m 767≤1 km 647≤10 km 2 172>10 km 35
3 621 georeferenced · 196 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 817
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 505≤1 km 373≤10 km 1 609>10 km 62
2 549 georeferenced · 151 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 700
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 institutions18 of 46 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
419
Helsinki, FI
352
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
180
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
160
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
149
Zürich, CH
132
Geneva, CH
118
Bern, CH
97
NHMOlocation not on record
83
Salzburg, AT
74
SFRAlocation not on record
48
Glarus, CH
43
Tartu, EE
41
Kuopio, FI
40
Sion, CH
38
Dhaka, BD
38
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
29
ZMAAlocation not on record
27
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
25
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
24
University of Tokyo, Department of Zoologylocation not on record
24
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
21
Rovaniemi, FI
20
Tallinn, EE
15
Winterthur, CH
12
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
12
MZLUlocation not on record
11
UMUlocation not on record
9
Frauenfeld, CH
8
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
7
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
6
Tromsø, NO
6
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
6
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
6
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
5
EGBlocation not on record
4
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
3
DABUHlocation not on record
3
Fribourg, CH
2
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
2
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
KSSlocation not on record
1
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
1
46 institutions · 2 314 of 2 700 vouchered records shown · 386 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA37 detections
Where the DNA of Euxoa recussa 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 found37
Studies independent surveys1
Countries10
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 37 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 median9.50 °C 5.00–15.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.4 °C
Max temp (day)14.0 °C 8.00–20.0
Min temp (night)4.40 °C -0.2–11.2
Precipitation93.0 mm/mo 66.8–180
Air humidity60.4 % 56.6–64.8
Moisture balance4.50 mm/mo -48.5–93.1
Vapour deficit505 Pa 312–753
Wind speed3.10 m/s 1.90–5.10
Cloud cover37.7 % 34.7–54.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 36 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI37 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 specimens↗
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