Mesogona oxalina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, north to Fennoscandia, east to the Baltic States and Russia (up to the Ural), south to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. The wingspan is 34–39 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on Alnus, Populus, Prunus and Salix 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 Mesogona oxalina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens22
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections21
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus19 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.
Diversity (π)0.22%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.46%
Where individuals differ — all 3 variable positions, in barcode order
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 type5 485 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 524
Museum / vouchered2 590
Other371
Origin
Native447
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 264 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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 593≤1 km 541≤10 km 929>10 km 46
2 109 georeferenced · 415 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 524
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 274≤1 km 612≤10 km 1 493>10 km 67
2 446 georeferenced · 144 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 590
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 institutions20 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
1 001
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
424
Helsinki, FI
212
Zürich, CH
118
Bern, CH
101
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
76
Salzburg, AT
74
Tartu, EE
46
Dhaka, BD
39
Geneva, CH
35
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
24
Sion, CH
20
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
18
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
15
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
15
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
13
SFRAlocation not on record
12
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
12
Nijmegen, NL
9
Frauenfeld, CH
8
NHMOlocation not on record
8
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
8
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
7
Kuopio, FI
6
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
6
Winterthur, CH
6
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
6
Glarus, CH
5
EGBlocation not on record
4
Paro, BT
4
UMUlocation not on record
4
ZSMlocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
3
Tallinn, EE
3
New Haven, US
2
Podgorica, ME
2
ZMAAlocation not on record
2
DABUHlocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
Radicondoli, IT
1
NMOKlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
44 institutions · 2 359 of 2 590 vouchered records shown · 231 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA21 detections
Where the DNA of Mesogona oxalina 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 found21
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 21 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 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 median13.5 °C 5.00–15.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.7 °C
Max temp (day)18.2 °C 7.40–20.2
Min temp (night)8.80 °C 1.70–11.5
Precipitation88.1 mm/mo 54.9–160
Air humidity62.6 % 58.0–64.5
Moisture balance12.3 mm/mo -19.4–105
Vapour deficit552 Pa 381–707
Wind speed2.90 m/s 2.00–5.80
Cloud cover39.8 % 35.1–48.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 21 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 Facility5 485 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI21 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics22 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗