The angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed throughout Europe as far east as the Urals and also in the Azores, in Algeria, and in Asia Minor, Armenia, and Syria. It is strongly migratory.
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 Phlogophora meticulosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens91
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections108
Countries17
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus85 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. 100% of positions are identical in every specimen.
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)0.03%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.30%
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 manualPhlogophora meticulosa 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≈538 644 470 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 Phlogophora meticulosa0.54 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
Completeness97.1% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type395 229 records
Wild obs. + sensor367 412
Museum / vouchered25 241
Other2 576
Origin
Native13 524
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO135 332 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 accuracy14% within 1 km
≤100 m 37 317≤1 km 12 453≤10 km 299 878>10 km 752
350 400 georeferenced · 17 012 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor367 412
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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 443≤1 km 4 525≤10 km 13 035>10 km 263
24 266 georeferenced · 975 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence25 241
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 institutions27 of 72 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
18 272
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1 336
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
373
Bern, CH
333
Helsinki, FI
317
Zürich, CH
300
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
219
NHMOlocation not on record
166
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
164
Geneva, CH
151
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
136
Garðabær, IS
134
Salzburg, AT
119
Paro, BT
98
UMUlocation not on record
95
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
84
Dhaka, BD
76
Sion, CH
72
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
70
Frauenfeld, CH
67
Tartu, EE
65
Fribourg, CH
64
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
63
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
53
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
49
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
46
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
46
SFRAlocation not on record
44
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
40
Glarus, CH
38
Kuopio, FI
33
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
31
Podgorica, ME
30
DABUHlocation not on record
29
NMOKlocation not on record
27
Winterthur, CH
22
Tallinn, EE
22
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
22
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
21
CBDClocation not on record
21
MZLUlocation not on record
20
Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record
16
Nijmegen, NL
16
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
15
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
12
NCMGlocation not on record
12
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
9
ZSMlocation not on record
8
Brussels, BE
7
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
7
ZMAAlocation not on record
6
New Haven, US
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
5
EGBlocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
4
Ugentlocation not on record
4
Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
3
ЗММУlocation not on record
3
Metsähallituslocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Banyoles, ES
2
KSSlocation not on record
2
RERElocation not on record
2
Tromsø, NO
2
Radicondoli, IT
2
UAclocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record
1
RMZlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
72 institutions · 23 531 of 25 241 vouchered records shown · 1 710 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA108 detections
Where the DNA of Phlogophora meticulosa 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 found108
Studies independent surveys2
Countries17
Verifiable raw sequence linked20
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 108 detections have coordinates
Open the map17 countries0
Garden and heatland, coastal habitat853. Shrubland|3.8. Shrubland - Mediterranean-…Floodplain forestForet de MelajaFarmland, coast and birch habitat
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 median12.8 °C 5.20–17.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.0 °C
Max temp (day)17.0 °C 7.80–21.4
Min temp (night)9.20 °C 2.20–12.6
Precipitation69.7 mm/mo 49.3–117
Air humidity60.9 % 56.0–65.3
Moisture balance-15.3 mm/mo -64.1–80.3
Vapour deficit569 Pa 341–895
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.10–5.50
Cloud cover42.4 % 34.2–52.0
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 104 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 Facility395 229 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI108 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics91 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗