Evergestis forficalis, the garden pebble, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, the Palearctic and North America. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae Caterpillar The species closely resembles Rivula sericealis. The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, disc and apex sometimes tinged with yellowish-brown ; lines fine, dark brown, very obliquely curved, indented beneath costa,first very indistinct towards costa ; two small transversely placed discal spots outlined with dark fuscous, lower larger ; a dark fuscous oblique apical streak ; margins of subterminal line obscurely brownish. The hindwings are ochreous- whitish with a grey posterior line. The larva is yellowish-green ; dorsal and lateral lines darker green ; head yellowishMeyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and description The length of the forewings 12–14 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species, such as Brussels sprout and kale.
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 Evergestis forficalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens55
BINs4
Marker genes2
eDNA detections53
Countries11
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus54 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. 93% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 45 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)2.1%
Haplotypes10
BINs4
Most divergent pair6.2%
EuropeAsia
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type26 687 records
Wild obs. + sensor24 806
Museum / vouchered1 775
Cultivated / captive1
Other105
Origin
Native60
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO24 812 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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 719≤1 km 1 622≤10 km 13 280>10 km 85
22 706 georeferenced · 2 100 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor24 806
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 532≤1 km 442≤10 km 418>10 km 239
1 631 georeferenced · 144 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 775
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 institutions16 of 41 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
553
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
485
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
117
NHMOlocation not on record
83
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
52
Tartu, EE
47
Zürich, CH
46
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
44
Philadelphia, US
32
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
29
Salzburg, AT
28
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
24
Nijmegen, NL
17
Kuopio, FI
17
DABUHlocation not on record
14
CBDClocation not on record
13
MZLUlocation not on record
11
ZMAAlocation not on record
11
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
11
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
10
Tallinn, EE
9
JP
7
Stockholm, SE
4
Tomioka, JP
4
KIRMlocation not on record
4
Rovaniemi, FI
3
neflocation not on record
3
BioFokuslocation not on record
2
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Sagamihara, JP
1
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
1
Chiba, JP
1
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Brussels, BE
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Scienceslocation not on record
1
RCMlocation not on record
1
41 institutions · 1 695 of 1 775 vouchered records shown · 80 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 DNA53 detections
Where the DNA of Evergestis forficalis 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 found53
Studies independent surveys2
Countries9
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 53 detections have coordinates
Open the map9 countries0
Mediterranean forest
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 median13.9 °C 9.60–18.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.5 °C
Max temp (day)17.9 °C 12.8–22.8
Min temp (night)9.60 °C 4.60–13.8
Precipitation69.3 mm/mo 54.7–120
Air humidity60.0 % 57.7–64.6
Moisture balance-33.7 mm/mo -55.1–9.80
Vapour deficit651 Pa 466–869
Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.00–4.30
Cloud cover39.7 % 33.3–47.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 49 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-EBI53 eDNA detections↗
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