Scotopteryx chenopodiata, the shaded broad-bar, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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 Scotopteryx chenopodiata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens94
BINs5
Marker genes1
eDNA detections101
Countries17
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus79 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. 97% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 22 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)1.4%
Haplotypes25
BINs5
Most divergent pair18.5%
EuropeAsiaOther
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 manualScotopteryx chenopodiata 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≈337 856 556 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 Scotopteryx chenopodiata0.34 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
Completeness98.5% BUSCO
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type182 083 records
Wild obs. + sensor171 690
Museum / vouchered9 914
Cultivated / captive18
Other461
Origin
Native4 489
Introduced1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO111 096 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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 47 131≤1 km 21 102≤10 km 98 290>10 km 479
167 002 georeferenced · 4 688 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor171 690
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 560≤1 km 1 913≤10 km 3 228>10 km 132
8 833 georeferenced · 1 081 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9 914
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1
1 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living18
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 institutions21 of 65 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
1 797
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
770
South Kensington, GB
761
Zürich, CH
648
NTNU-VMlocation not on record
424
Kuopio, FI
299
NHMOlocation not on record
221
Bern, CH
215
Dhaka, BD
215
Tartu, EE
171
Salzburg, AT
159
Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record
127
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
111
Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record
93
Geneva, CH
86
ZMAAlocation not on record
83
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
80
Fribourg, CH
73
Frauenfeld, CH
65
Philadelphia, US
56
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
43
Helsinki, FI
42
Paro, BT
40
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
39
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record
34
Podgorica, ME
33
Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record
32
Glarus, CH
31
Tromsø, NO
30
Stockholm, SE
27
Tallinn, EE
25
Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record
24
CBDClocation not on record
23
Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record
21
ZSMlocation not on record
16
Universität Zürich, Naturhistorisches Museumlocation not on record
14
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
12
RMZlocation not on record
12
Rovaniemi, FI
11
Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record
11
DABUHlocation not on record
11
Nijmegen, NL
11
MZLUlocation not on record
10
SFRAlocation not on record
10
MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record
9
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record
9
Metsähallituslocation not on record
9
Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record
8
NCMGlocation not on record
8
KSSlocation not on record
7
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
7
New Haven, US
7
Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record
5
neflocation not on record
5
Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record
4
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
4
Research Collection of Stefano Scalerciolocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum, Londonlocation not on record
3
Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record
2
KSTRlocation not on record
2
NMBU:MINAlocation not on record
2
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record
1
EGBlocation not on record
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
Research Collection of Joerg Gelbrechtlocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 7 114 of 9 914 vouchered records shown · 2 800 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA101 detections
Where the DNA of Scotopteryx chenopodiata 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 found101
Studies independent surveys3
Countries16
Verifiable raw sequence linked17
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 101 detections have coordinates
Open the map16 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 median16.2 °C 9.20–18.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.9 °C
Max temp (day)19.8 °C 14.0–23.3
Min temp (night)11.5 °C 3.90–14.3
Precipitation80.2 mm/mo 45.8–187
Air humidity59.7 % 54.3–63.4
Moisture balance-28.7 mm/mo -105–126
Vapour deficit734 Pa 422–932
Wind speed2.90 m/s 1.90–5.60
Cloud cover37.9 % 23.9–51.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 94 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 Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility182 083 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI101 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics94 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↗