Phlogophora scita is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most countries of continental Europe, from France to Belarus, Ukraine and Turkey, and from Germany and Poland to Italy and Greece In the Alps it is found up to heights of 1,600 meters. The wingspan is 40–48 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location. The first stage larvae feed on various Ferns, including Dryopteris, Blechnum spicant and Pteridium aquilinum. They overwinter and feed on various plants in spring, including Viola, Plantago, Crataegus, Prunus spinosa, Rubus idaeus, and Quercus.
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 scita has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens12
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections12
Countries5
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus10 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. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Diversity (π)0.27%
Haplotypes2
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.76%
Where individuals differ — all 5 variable positions, in barcode order
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 type2 021 records
Wild obs. + sensor848
Museum / vouchered960
Other213
Origin
Native558
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 504 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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 155≤1 km 152≤10 km 510>10 km 4
821 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor848
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 42≤1 km 214≤10 km 654>10 km 20
930 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence960
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 institutions12 of 34 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
159
Zürich, CH
128
Bern, CH
70
Salzburg, AT
56
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
39
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
38
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
22
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
20
SFRAlocation not on record
19
Sion, CH
18
Tartu, EE
18
Paro, BT
17
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
17
Geneva, CH
15
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
15
NMOKlocation not on record
12
Glarus, CH
12
Frauenfeld, CH
10
Dhaka, BD
10
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
9
Winterthur, CH
8
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
6
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
6
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
4
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
3
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record
3
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeumlocation not on record
3
ZSMlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
ЗМ СО РАНlocation not on record
1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Theo Gruenewaldlocation not on record
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
34 institutions · 745 of 960 vouchered records shown · 215 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA12 detections
Where the DNA of Phlogophora scita 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 found12
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 12 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 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 median14.4 °C 4.10–16.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.2 °C
Max temp (day)18.8 °C 8.70–21.0
Min temp (night)8.50 °C 0.2–11.2
Precipitation163 mm/mo 88.9–238
Air humidity61.4 % 58.5–63.8
Moisture balance51.4 mm/mo -33.7–116
Vapour deficit604 Pa 300–748
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.00–4.10
Cloud cover37.0 % 30.5–41.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 11 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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
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