Trifurcula immundella

(Zeller, 1839) Zeller, 1848 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nepticulidae/Trifurcula

At a glance

Occurrence records339

Data sources8

Biological traits2

DNA specimens31

eDNA detections28

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Trifurcula immundella's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility339 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI28 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics31 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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 & distributionGBIF339 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 9 countries28 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD31 specimens

01Narrative

Trifurcula immundella, the broom pygmy moth, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in western Europe, wherever the host plant occurs. The wingspan is 6–8.4 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous-yellowish, sometimes mixed with fuscous. The collar is rust brown. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish, coarsely irrorated with fuscous. Hindwings grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London External image Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on Cytisus scoparius. They mine the bark of twigs of their host plant. The mine consists of a dark gallery, which is similar to the mine of Leucoptera spartifoliella.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPantheon

Diet & foraging2

Feeding guild (adult)does not feed

Feeding guild (larval)herbivore

05DNA & barcoding31 specimens

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 Trifurcula immundella has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens31

BINs3

Marker genes2

eDNA detections28

Countries10

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P658 bp consensus22 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. 89% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 75 variable positions, in barcode order

10Tvariable

31Avariable

43Cvariable

46Avariable

55Avariable

70Avariable

79Avariable

88Avariable

100Tvariable

121Avariable

133Tvariable

145Cvariable

169Tvariable

197Cvariable

202Avariable

205Cvariable

206Cvariable

212Cvariable

235Tvariable

238Tvariable

268Tvariable

271Cvariable

274Cvariable

277Avariable

283Cvariable

293Avariable

294Gvariable

295Tvariable

318Tvariable

319Avariable

322Cvariable

325Tvariable

328Avariable

331Avariable

334Avariable

337Tvariable

340Cvariable

343Cvariable

352Tvariable

364Tmostly conserved

368Avariable

370Amostly conserved

382Tvariable

385Cvariable

397Tvariable

400Avariable

421Avariable

433Avariable

455Avariable

457Tvariable

472Tvariable

499Avariable

508Tvariable

514Tvariable

517Tmostly conserved

523Tvariable

529Cvariable

530Tvariable

533Cvariable

535Tvariable

539Tvariable

541Avariable

547Tvariable

562Tvariable

574Tvariable

578Tvariable

581Tvariable

583Avariable

586Avariable

616Tvariable

622Amostly conserved

625Avariable

628Avariable

631Avariable

640Cvariable

AACATTATATTTTATATTTGGAATTTGATCAGGAATATTAGGCACATCATTAAGATTACTTATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGAAATCCAGGATC …

Variant network

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)5.8%

Haplotypes5

BINs3

Most divergent pair13.1%

EuropeAfrica

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.

Hydroclada antigonasame order9.4%Hydroclada kenrickisame order9.7%Cirrhochrista bracteolalissame order9.7%Psilogramma argossame order9.9%Pachyodes haematariasame order10.0%

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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-5PEF1-alpha

animal barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type339 records

Wild obs. + sensor304

Museum / vouchered35

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO776 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 accuracy59% within 1 km

≤100 m 101≤1 km 75≤10 km 122>10 km 1

299 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor304

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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 11≤1 km 13≤10 km 4

28 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence35

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 institutions2 of 8 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	12
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	7
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record	4
neflocation not on record	2
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturaleslocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Helsinki, FI	1
NHMOlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 29 of 35 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA28 detections

Where the DNA of Trifurcula immundella 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 found28

Studies independent surveys2

Countries9

Verifiable raw sequence linked1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 28 detections have coordinates

Open the map9 countries0

mixed Quercus/Pinus forest on limestoneRocky area with shrubDense maquis, acid soilcoastal meadowmountain meadowslow Pinus/Quercus pubescens forest on granite

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 median15.7 °C 8.40–20.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.4 °C

Max temp (day)19.6 °C 11.0–26.6

Min temp (night)11.2 °C 5.50–15.1

Precipitation71.6 mm/mo 43.0–104

Air humidity60.4 % 54.6–63.4

Moisture balance-43.0 mm/mo -94.8–23.7

Vapour deficit676 Pa 431–1,177

Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.30–5.10

Cloud cover38.1 % 34.2–49.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 27 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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