Sphenophorus interstitialis

Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Dryophthoridae/Sphenophorus

At a glance

Occurrence records20

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections39

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Sphenophorus interstitialis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI39 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF20 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries39 detections

01Narrative

Sphenophorus parvulus, commonly known as the bluegrass billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America, especially in the eastern United States. It is a pest of Kentucky bluegrass, other grasses, corn and grain crops.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding39 eDNA hits

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 Sphenophorus interstitialis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections39

Countries2

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type20 records

Museum / vouchered20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 km²

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4>10 km 16

20 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence20

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Lexington, US	20

1 institutions · 20 of 20 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA39 detections

Where the DNA of Sphenophorus interstitialis 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 found39

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 39 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

UrbanGrassland

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 median13.4 °C 11.2–16.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.6 °C

Max temp (day)19.6 °C 16.9–21.2

Min temp (night)9.60 °C 8.00–13.0

Precipitation80.8 mm/mo 68.9–84.7

Air humidity57.1 % 55.4–60.1

Moisture balance-27.3 mm/mo -42.9–-1.60

Vapour deficit677 Pa 530–736

Wind speed3.80 m/s 2.50–6.00

Cloud cover44.7 % 36.4–49.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 12 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.