Sphinx pinastri

Linnaeus, 1758 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphinx

At a glance

Occurrence records86 330

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections8

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Sphinx pinastri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility86 330 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF86 330 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 4 countries8 detections

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈509 Mbp

01Narrative

Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species has been found in Scotland but is usually found in England.The Natural History of British Insects By Edward Donovan (accessed January 12, 2009) The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The larvae feed on Scots pine, Swiss pine, Siberian pine and Norway spruce.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPantheon

Diet & foraging2

Feeding guild (adult)nectivore

Feeding guild (larval)herbivore

05DNA & barcoding8 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 Sphinx pinastri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections8

Countries4

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Sphinx pinastri 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≈509 223 309 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 Sphinx pinastri0.51 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

Completeness98.6% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type86 330 records

Wild obs. + sensor80 768

Museum / vouchered5 257

Other305

Origin

Native69

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO75 272 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 accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 23 472≤1 km 9 781≤10 km 42 409>10 km 436

76 098 georeferenced · 4 670 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor80 768

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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 3 282≤1 km 758≤10 km 887>10 km 70

4 997 georeferenced · 260 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5 257

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 institutions16 of 36 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	3 276
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	191
NHMOlocation not on record	169
Zürich, CH	143
Kuopio, FI	113
Salzburg, AT	110
Tartu, EE	104
ZMAAlocation not on record	79
Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record	71
Jyväskylä, FI	62
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	60
Helsinki, FI	46
NTNU-VMlocation not on record	31
NMOKlocation not on record	27
Philadelphia, US	19
Nijmegen, NL	18
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	16
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record	16
Tallinn, EE	11
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	11
Metsähallituslocation not on record	8
State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukrainelocation not on record	8
MZLUlocation not on record	6
New Haven, US	6
South Kensington, GB	6
DABUHlocation not on record	5
ZSMlocation not on record	5
Banyoles, ES	5
Tromsø, NO	4
Auckland, NZ	2
University Park, US	2
Ugentlocation not on record	2
Cambridge, US	1
Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record	1
RMZlocation not on record	1
Landesmuseum Kärntenlocation not on record	1

36 institutions · 4 636 of 5 257 vouchered records shown · 621 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Sphinx pinastri 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries4

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 detections have coordinates

Open the map4 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 median12.8 °C 3.90–16.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.9 °C

Max temp (day)16.2 °C 8.00–20.6

Min temp (night)7.40 °C -1.40–12.2

Precipitation99.8 mm/mo 52.6–307

Air humidity61.4 % 58.8–70.0

Moisture balance1.80 mm/mo -11.9–193

Vapour deficit538 Pa 376–705

Wind speed2.20 m/s 1.90–2.50

Cloud cover46.9 % 37.0–56.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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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Sphinx pinastri

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Diet & foraging2

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type86 330 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions16 of 36 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type86 330 records