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 Nomophila noctuella has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens237
BINs4
Marker genes11
eDNA detections3
Countries33
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus218 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. 96% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 29 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)1.4%
Haplotypes13
BINs4
Most divergent pair5.3%
AsiaOceaniaS.AmericaAfricaEurope
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-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6
animal barcodemitochondrial
Organelle genome
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is
◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species
Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.
protein-codingrRNAtRNA
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualNomophila noctuella 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≈438 086 651 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 Nomophila noctuella0.44 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
Completeness98.4% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type69 925 records
Wild obs. + sensor59 735
Museum / vouchered9 860
Other330
Origin
Native111
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO70 708 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 19 225≤1 km 5 822≤10 km 21 385>10 km 743
47 175 georeferenced · 12 560 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor59 735
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 accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 408≤1 km 1 887≤10 km 4 876>10 km 61
9 232 georeferenced · 628 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9 860
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 institutions21 of 59 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
8 319
Helsinki, FI
202
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
200
ZAF-UMUlocation not on record
160
Tartu, EE
80
NHMOlocation not on record
75
Zürich, CH
65
Salzburg, AT
54
Nijmegen, NL
49
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
41
Garðabær, IS
39
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
25
The University of Hawaii Insect Museumlocation not on record
21
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
18
tesrilocation not on record
18
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
14
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
14
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
13
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
13
DABUHlocation not on record
13
KIRMlocation not on record
12
Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
11
CBDClocation not on record
11
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
10
Philadelphia, US
10
neflocation not on record
9
Rovaniemi, FI
6
Sagamihara, JP
6
ZSMlocation not on record
5
Radicondoli, IT
5
Chiba, JP
5
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
5
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
5
Stockholm, SE
4
Tallinn, EE
4
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
4
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
New Haven, US
3
Kuopio, FI
2
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
RMZlocation not on record
2
Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record
2
KOMlocation not on record
2
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
2
Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record
2
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
2
Ugentlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
1
HUNMlocation not on record
1
Bando, JP
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Scienceslocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
1
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Winterthur, CH
1
MZLUlocation not on record
1
59 institutions · 9 582 of 9 860 vouchered records shown · 278 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Nomophila noctuella 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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 median21.7 °C 15.5–21.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.9 °C
Max temp (day)28.6 °C 20.5–28.6
Min temp (night)15.2 °C 11.2–15.2
Precipitation10.2 mm/mo 10.2–54.0
Air humidity50.5 % 50.5–58.7
Moisture balance-179 mm/mo -179–-44.7
Vapour deficit1,285 Pa 759–1,285
Wind speed3.90 m/s 3.30–3.90
Cloud cover9.80 % 9.80–32.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility69 925 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics237 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
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