Noctua janthe, the lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. Some authors consider Noctua janthe and Noctua janthina to be the same species. It is found in Europe and North Africa. upright=1.05 Comparison of 1, 2, 5, 6. broad-bordered yellow underwing Noctua fimbriata 3. lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing Noctua janthe 4. least yellow underwing Noctua interjecta The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings varies from bright ochre to gray to brown, often with a reddish or light purple tint. Orbicular and reniform are not clearly marked. The hindwing is orange-yellow with a broad distal black band. This species can only be separated from Noctua janthina by examination of the genitalia. See Townsend et al.Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010). British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species. (covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation. The moth flies in one generation from late June to September. The larvae feed on various deciduous trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
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 Noctua janthe has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens149
BINs2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections139
Countries14
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus142 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 18 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)0.50%
Haplotypes7
BINs2
Most divergent pair2.7%
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
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualNoctua janthe 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≈532 770 789 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 Noctua janthe0.53 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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 type349 131 records
Wild obs. + sensor343 988
Museum / vouchered4 620
Other523
Origin
Native995
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO82 220 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 accuracy10% within 1 km
≤100 m 25 890≤1 km 7 184≤10 km 304 935>10 km 66
338 075 georeferenced · 5 913 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor343 988
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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 567≤1 km 485≤10 km 949>10 km 39
4 040 georeferenced · 580 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 620
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
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
2 641
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
209
NHMOlocation not on record
142
Helsinki, FI
110
Salzburg, AT
104
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
100
UMUlocation not on record
84
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
81
Dhaka, BD
76
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
73
Zürich, CH
62
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
61
Frauenfeld, CH
53
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
48
DABUHlocation not on record
43
Brussels, BE
32
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
31
Tallinn, EE
31
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
29
MZLUlocation not on record
28
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
28
Paro, BT
22
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
21
SFRAlocation not on record
19
Tartu, EE
18
ZSMlocation not on record
17
Winterthur, CH
17
Sion, CH
16
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
15
CBDClocation not on record
14
Nijmegen, NL
13
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
12
Stockholm, SE
11
Fribourg, CH
10
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
7
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
7
NCMGlocation not on record
7
neflocation not on record
7
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
5
EGBlocation not on record
4
Metsähallituslocation not on record
4
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
2
Research Collection of Fachgruppe Jenalocation not on record
2
Banyoles, ES
2
Radicondoli, IT
2
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record
1
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
1
SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 4 329 of 4 620 vouchered records shown · 291 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA139 detections
Where the DNA of Noctua janthe 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 found139
Studies independent surveys2
Countries12
Verifiable raw sequence linked1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
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 median17.1 °C 11.1–20.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.7 °C
Max temp (day)21.1 °C 14.6–24.7
Min temp (night)12.8 °C 6.90–16.0
Precipitation73.1 mm/mo 47.1–154
Air humidity60.2 % 55.8–64.2
Moisture balance-22.8 mm/mo -99.4–88.6
Vapour deficit768 Pa 511–1,056
Wind speed3.00 m/s 1.80–4.50
Cloud cover36.8 % 29.3–45.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 129 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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BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility349 131 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI139 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics149 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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