Paracolax tristalis, the clay fan-foot, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in the Palearctic realm. The ground colour is warm sandy brown and the forewing has entire subbasal and postmedian lines. The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. Figs. 5, 5a, 5b larvae in various stages of growth The larvae feed on various shrubs and deciduous trees.
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 Paracolax tristalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens164
BINs9
Marker genes2
eDNA detections164
Countries13
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P624 bp consensus161 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)1.6%
Haplotypes24
BINs9
Most divergent pair14.6%
AsiaOtherEurope
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-3P★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type20 851 records
Wild obs. + sensor17 596
Museum / vouchered2 953
Other302
Origin
Native1 631
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO19 164 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 5 803≤1 km 2 303≤10 km 7 112>10 km 168
15 386 georeferenced · 2 210 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor17 596
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 accuracy29% within 1 km
≤100 m 205≤1 km 575≤10 km 1 646>10 km 283
2 709 georeferenced · 244 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 953
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 institutions22 of 64 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Helsinki, FI
1 039
Zürich, CH
193
Bern, CH
129
DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record
91
Geneva, CH
80
NHMOlocation not on record
61
Tartu, EE
56
Paro, BT
52
Dhaka, BD
46
ZMAAlocation not on record
44
SFRAlocation not on record
44
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
34
Podgorica, ME
32
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
31
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
30
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
27
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
26
UMUlocation not on record
25
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
24
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
23
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
23
Kuopio, FI
22
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
20
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
20
Nijmegen, NL
18
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
17
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
17
Sion, CH
17
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
13
Fribourg, CH
12
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
12
DABUHlocation not on record
12
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
12
KIRMlocation not on record
11
Tallinn, EE
11
Glarus, CH
11
HUNMlocation not on record
9
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
9
Frauenfeld, CH
9
Winterthur, CH
8
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
8
Philadelphia, US
8
MZLUlocation not on record
7
Radicondoli, IT
5
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
5
Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record
5
Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
4
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
4
EGBlocation not on record
3
KSSlocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
2
ZSMlocation not on record
2
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
YPIMlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Salzburg, AT
1
Rovaniemi, FI
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
NSMKlocation not on record
1
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
1
Hungarian Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
JP
1
University of Vienna, Dept of Botany and Biodiversity Researchlocation not on record
1
64 institutions · 2 441 of 2 953 vouchered records shown · 512 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA164 detections
Where the DNA of Paracolax tristalis 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 found164
Studies independent surveys1
Countries12
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 15.8–22.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.2 °C
Max temp (day)22.8 °C 19.5–26.4
Min temp (night)14.4 °C 9.40–17.9
Precipitation77.5 mm/mo 34.0–163
Air humidity57.9 % 54.1–61.7
Moisture balance-49.7 mm/mo -107–28.1
Vapour deficit871 Pa 712–1,131
Wind speed2.80 m/s 1.70–4.60
Cloud cover37.5 % 28.6–43.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 53 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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