Plagodis dolabraria
(Linnaeus, 1767) · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Plagodis dolabraria's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 991 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI63 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics67 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Plagodis dolabraria, the scorched wing, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767. It is found throughout Europe and through the Palearctic, east to Transcaucasia, south east Siberia and Japan. The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The length of the forewings is 16–19 mm. Forewing with innumerable fine, slightly oblique, transverse striae, no distinct lines; the postmedian on both wings indicated by a thick dark fuscous shade posteriorly, distally to which (especially on hindwing) there is an ill defined purplish blotch reaching to the hinder angle. Ab. atrox Zerny is a melanotic form, forewing mostly dark chestnut brown, towards the base and hinder angle black.Prout, L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Palaearctic Geometridae, 4. 479 pp. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. The moth flies in one generation from the beginning of May to mid-July . figs 2, 2a, 2b Larva growth stages The larva is twig like, brownish and variegated. The thorax is darker dorsally, there is a hump on the 5th abdominal and a transverse mark near the tail is also dark. The larva feeds on various deciduous trees such as oak, birch and sallow.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
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 Plagodis dolabraria has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Plagodis dolabraria 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
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).
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.
Record type83 991 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions27 of 80 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 | 1 735 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 587 |
| Zürich, CH | 297 |
| Bern, CH | 174 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 120 |
| Tartu, EE | 105 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 101 |
| Salzburg, AT | 96 |
| Dhaka, BD | 71 |
| Geneva, CH | 66 |
| Paro, BT | 62 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 59 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 53 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 45 |
| Helsinki, FI | 44 |
| Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record | 37 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 31 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 29 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 29 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 28 |
| Tallinn, EE | 28 |
| Podgorica, ME | 27 |
| Glarus, CH | 26 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 19 |
| Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record | 18 |
| Philadelphia, US | 18 |
| JP | 18 |
| Kuopio, FI | 18 |
| Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 17 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 16 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 14 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 13 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 10 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 9 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 9 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 9 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record | 8 |
| Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, The Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanlocation not on record | 8 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 7 |
| New Haven, US | 7 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 6 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 6 |
| MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record | 6 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 6 |
| Fribourg, CH | 5 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 5 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tromsø, NO | 4 |
| HUNMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 3 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 3 |
| RCMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 3 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 3 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 2 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Musée de Saint-Imierlocation not on record | 2 |
| neflocation not on record | 2 |
| Brussels, BE | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute for Agro-Environmental Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 1 |
Where the DNA of Plagodis dolabraria 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.