Miltochrista miniata, the rosy footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1771. It is found in the temperate parts of the Palearctic realm – Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northern Kazakhstan, southern Siberia, Amur, Primorye, Sakhalin, southern Kuriles, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Sichuan, Korea and Japan, but may be replaced by Miltochrista rosaria in the eastern Palearctic. Miltochrista miniata
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 Miltochrista miniata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens152
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections157
Countries12
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P639 bp consensus152 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. 95% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 33 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)2.0%
Haplotypes13
BINs2
Most divergent pair5.3%
EuropeOther
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualMiltochrista miniata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈1 056 986 632 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Miltochrista miniata1.06 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 62 n = 31
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelChromosome
Completeness98.8% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type118 648 records
Wild obs. + sensor110 205
Museum / vouchered7 622
Other821
Origin
Native4 411
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO73 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 accuracy29% within 1 km
≤100 m 22 060≤1 km 7 551≤10 km 73 759>10 km 474
103 844 georeferenced · 6 361 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor110 205
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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 498≤1 km 1 353≤10 km 2 632>10 km 85
6 568 georeferenced · 1 054 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 622
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 institutions26 of 67 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
2 451
Helsinki, FI
1 036
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
580
South Kensington, GB
563
Zürich, CH
134
Tartu, EE
128
Bern, CH
104
Salzburg, AT
102
UMUlocation not on record
89
Dhaka, BD
79
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
61
Paro, BT
60
Kuopio, FI
49
Philadelphia, US
48
Frauenfeld, CH
43
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
41
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
39
Tallinn, EE
37
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
32
Podgorica, ME
29
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
28
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
26
Geneva, CH
23
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
22
Nijmegen, NL
22
ZMAAlocation not on record
21
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
20
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
20
HUNMlocation not on record
20
DABUHlocation not on record
16
KOMlocation not on record
15
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
15
NMOKlocation not on record
13
SFRAlocation not on record
12
NSMKlocation not on record
12
CBDClocation not on record
11
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
11
Brussels, BE
10
ZSMlocation not on record
10
NCMGlocation not on record
8
MZLUlocation not on record
8
New Haven, US
7
State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record
6
Chiba, JP
6
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
5
NHMOlocation not on record
5
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
4
Tomioka, JP
4
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
4
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
3
Rovaniemi, FI
3
Cambridge, US
3
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
3
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
3
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
3
NMMElocation not on record
2
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
2
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
2
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
2
EGBlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Banyoles, ES
1
SBPlocation not on record
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Radicondoli, IT
1
67 institutions · 6 128 of 7 622 vouchered records shown · 1 494 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA157 detections
Where the DNA of Miltochrista miniata 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 found157
Studies independent surveys1
Countries11
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 157 detections have coordinates
Open the map11 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 median16.9 °C 12.3–20.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.8 °C
Max temp (day)20.8 °C 14.7–24.9
Min temp (night)12.1 °C 7.40–15.0
Precipitation84.7 mm/mo 58.3–133
Air humidity59.8 % 57.1–64.8
Moisture balance-23.6 mm/mo -70.2–30.3
Vapour deficit756 Pa 513–1,018
Wind speed3.00 m/s 1.90–4.10
Cloud cover37.4 % 33.5–45.2
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility118 648 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI157 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics152 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗