Oncocera semirubella is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in European regions, including the British Isles, and East Asia (e.g. China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan). Figs.1, 1a, 1b, 1 c larvae in various stages 1d pupa The wingspan is 26–30 mm. The adult moth flies in one generation from the end of June to August. It is easily disturbed from short grassland, flies from dusk onwards, and is attracted to light and sugar. The larvae feed on bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), white clover, Ononis species, horseshoe vetch and Medicago 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 Oncocera semirubella has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens112
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections112
Countries16
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus106 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. 98% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 12 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)0.66%
Haplotypes19
BIN1
Most divergent pair2.0%
EuropeAsia
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
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type41 505 records
Wild obs. + sensor37 791
Museum / vouchered3 491
Other223
Origin
Native2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO47 104 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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 14 079≤1 km 4 849≤10 km 11 707>10 km 288
30 923 georeferenced · 6 868 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor37 791
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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 252≤1 km 1 050≤10 km 845>10 km 58
3 205 georeferenced · 286 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3 491
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 institutions18 of 47 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
2 461
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
168
Helsinki, FI
129
Tartu, EE
95
Zürich, CH
87
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
47
Salzburg, AT
40
Nijmegen, NL
34
NHMOlocation not on record
30
Philadelphia, US
27
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
23
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
22
Tallinn, EE
18
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
15
HUNMlocation not on record
14
Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
14
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
12
KIRMlocation not on record
11
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
11
NSMKlocation not on record
9
Kuopio, FI
7
ZAF-UMUlocation not on record
6
University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record
6
South Kensington, GB
5
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
5
Radicondoli, IT
4
Sagamihara, JP
4
Chiba, JP
4
Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record
4
JP
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
3
Rovaniemi, FI
3
DABUHlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
2
RCMlocation not on record
2
National Institute for Agro-Environmental Scienceslocation not on record
2
CBDClocation not on record
2
Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
Banyoles, ES
2
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
1
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
1
KNAMlocation not on record
1
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
1
ZSMlocation not on record
1
ZMAAlocation not on record
1
San Francisco, US
1
47 institutions · 3 347 of 3 491 vouchered records shown · 144 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA112 detections
Where the DNA of Oncocera semirubella 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 found112
Studies independent surveys1
Countries16
Signal confidence: weakweighed 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 median18.6 °C 12.8–21.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.7 °C
Max temp (day)22.7 °C 16.9–26.3
Min temp (night)13.7 °C 7.30–18.1
Precipitation78.1 mm/mo 33.1–156
Air humidity58.4 % 56.4–63.6
Moisture balance-36.3 mm/mo -90.0–40.0
Vapour deficit871 Pa 556–1,086
Wind speed2.90 m/s 1.80–4.10
Cloud cover36.9 % 30.9–43.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 89 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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