Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources8 archives
Databases and archives Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility111 140 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 904 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics131 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata on grass in a forest Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (often abbreviated to Psyllobora 22-punctata), the 22-spot ladybird, (earlier known as Thea vigintiduopunctata) is a common, 3–5 mm long ladybird native to Europe . The elytra are yellow in colour with 22 black spots. The pronotum is yellow or white with 5 black spots.Ansari Pour A, Shakarami J. Recognition of ladybird fauna (Col.: Coccinellidae) in the alfalfa fields of Khorramabad. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences. 2012; 22(4):939-943. Unlike most other ladybirds which feed on aphids, P. 22-punctata eats mildew — especially from umbellifers and low-growing shrubs . The 22-spot ladybird is best looked for amongst low vegetation. Larva
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 Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 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 Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 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).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 201×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type111 140 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 institutions25 of 60 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brussel, BE | 409 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 309 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 185 |
| Bern, CH | 176 |
| Geneva, CH | 147 |
| Vitoria, ES | 117 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 96 |
| Tartu, EE | 96 |
| Zürich, CH | 95 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 87 |
| Helsinki, FI | 84 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 75 |
| LEBAlocation not on record | 65 |
| Trondheim, NO | 60 |
| Philadelphia, US | 57 |
| Dhaka, BD | 55 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 49 |
| Olocation not on record | 48 |
| Tilburg, NL | 39 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 37 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 28 |
| Salzburg, AT | 28 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 28 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 25 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 25 |
| Fribourg, CH | 20 |
| Stockholm, SE | 18 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 18 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 17 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 14 |
| Sion, CH | 14 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Tromsø, NO | 12 |
| TMPMlocation not on record | 11 |
| Kuopio, FI | 11 |
| Oulu, FI | 10 |
| Tallinn, EE | 9 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 8 |
| neflocation not on record | 7 |
| LSMlocation not on record | 7 |
| South Kensington, GB | 6 |
| Paro, BT | 6 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 4 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 4 |
| CIBIOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Banyoles, ES | 2 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)location not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Department of Molecular Biodiversity, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| UGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 1 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 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.