Obtusipalpis pardalis

Hampson, 1895 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Obtusipalpis

At a glance

Occurrence records211

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections8

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Obtusipalpis pardalis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility211 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF211 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 4 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

01Narrative

Obtusipalpis pardalis, the snow leopard, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1896. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), Ethiopia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on Ficus species and Euodia latifolia.African Moths

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding8 specimens

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 Obtusipalpis pardalis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

BINs3

Marker genes1

eDNA detections8

Countries7

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus8 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. 92% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 54 variable positions, in barcode order

4Tmostly conserved

29Gvariable

30Cvariable

31Tvariable

34Avariable

49Tvariable

61Amostly conserved

118Tmostly conserved

121Avariable

133Cvariable

136Tmostly conserved

157Cvariable

181Avariable

202Amostly conserved

205Amostly conserved

217Tvariable

238Tvariable

250Tmostly conserved

277Avariable

283Cmostly conserved

304Cvariable

313Tmostly conserved

325Avariable

337Amostly conserved

355Tvariable

364Tmostly conserved

373Tmostly conserved

382Tvariable

391Tvariable

394Tvariable

400Avariable

401Cmostly conserved

451Tvariable

460Cvariable

472Tmostly conserved

478Tvariable

479Cmostly conserved

487Tvariable

506Avariable

508Tvariable

514Tvariable

520Amostly conserved

526Avariable

529Cvariable

556Avariable

562Amostly conserved

568Tvariable

578Cvariable

580Avariable

595Tvariable

604Tvariable

616Tvariable

622Avariable

625Avariable

AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCTGGAATAGTAGGAACATCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGTAATCCTGGATC …

Variant network

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)3.9%

Haplotypes4

BINs3

Most divergent pair6.1%

Africa

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.

Obtusipalpis citrinasame genus5.9%Glyphodes bicolorsame family7.8%Aristotelia adenostomaesame order7.9%Magnastigma elsasame order8.2%Loxomorpha cambogialissame family8.2%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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 type211 records

Wild obs. + sensor200

Museum / vouchered11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO296 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 152≤1 km 15≤10 km 4>10 km 1

172 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor200

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

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

Institution	Specimens
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record	9
ZSMlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 10 of 11 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Obtusipalpis pardalis 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries4

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 detections have coordinates

Open the map4 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 median26.1 °C 24.0–26.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.00 °C

Max temp (day)30.9 °C 27.5–32.0

Min temp (night)22.4 °C 21.3–23.1

Precipitation163 mm/mo 110–179

Air humidity65.2 % 63.5–71.3

Moisture balance27.1 mm/mo -28.6–41.8

Vapour deficit1,189 Pa 852–1,280

Wind speed1.80 m/s 0.7–2.80

Cloud cover39.7 % 20.0–49.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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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