Gnophos obfuscata, the Scotch annulet or Scottish annulet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in northern, central, and southeastern Europe, Scotland, Ireland, and the Iberian Peninsula. Larva Pupa The wingspan is 41 -. The ground colour is uniform brownish grey, but this is variable and dependent on habitat. The forewing has a discal stain. The pattern consists of vague white spots and transverse lines. Adults are on wing in July and August. The larvae feed on various plants found in heath areas, such as Calluna vulgaris and Saxifraga species.
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 Gnophos obfuscata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens66
BINs5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections86
Countries14
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus58 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. 94% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 37 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%
Haplotypes22
BINs5
Most divergent pair5.9%
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-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type18 431 records
Wild obs. + sensor13 487
Museum / vouchered4 808
Other136
Origin
Native2 462
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO16 212 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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 4 462≤1 km 2 523≤10 km 6 011>10 km 87
13 083 georeferenced · 404 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 487
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤100 m 393≤1 km 529≤10 km 3 374>10 km 419
4 715 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 808
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 52 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
852
Zürich, CH
774
Bern, CH
457
Dhaka, BD
340
Salzburg, AT
178
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
139
NHMOlocation not on record
134
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
133
Fribourg, CH
130
Geneva, CH
99
Tartu, EE
95
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
80
ZMAAlocation not on record
67
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
66
Glarus, CH
59
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
47
Frauenfeld, CH
43
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
25
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
22
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
19
Kuopio, FI
17
Stockholm, SE
14
Tromsø, NO
14
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
14
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
14
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
11
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
10
SFRAlocation not on record
7
Tallinn, EE
7
Philadelphia, US
6
ZSMlocation not on record
6
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
6
neflocation not on record
4
DABUHlocation not on record
4
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
4
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
4
KSSlocation not on record
4
CBDClocation not on record
3
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
3
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Bernd Muellerlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Thomas Guggemooslocation not on record
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
1
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 3 928 of 4 808 vouchered records shown · 880 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA86 detections
Where the DNA of Gnophos obfuscata 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 found86
Studies independent surveys2
Countries13
Verifiable raw sequence linked2
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 86 detections have coordinates
Open the map13 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 median14.5 °C 5.60–20.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.3 °C
Max temp (day)18.7 °C 8.10–25.1
Min temp (night)9.10 °C 0.3–15.3
Precipitation130 mm/mo 53.2–231
Air humidity60.8 % 57.0–64.4
Moisture balance20.3 mm/mo -88.4–135
Vapour deficit658 Pa 347–1,066
Wind speed3.30 m/s 1.70–5.70
Cloud cover37.3 % 33.3–46.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 73 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 431 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI86 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics66 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗