Westermannia superba

Hübner, 1823 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nolidae/Westermannia

At a glance

Occurrence records111

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens9

eDNA detections6

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Westermannia superba's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility111 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF111 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 4 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD9 specimens

01Narrative

Westermannia superba is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found on New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and on Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding9 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 Westermannia superba has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens9

BINs2

Marker genes3

eDNA detections6

Countries5

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

COI-5P619 bp consensus5 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. 92% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 47 variable positions, in barcode order

4Gmostly conserved

5Avariable

29Tvariable

32Tvariable

35Tvariable

50Avariable

104Tvariable

128Tvariable

140Avariable

152Tvariable

156Cvariable

161Gvariable

167Avariable

188Avariable

200Cvariable

224Avariable

278Avariable

287Tvariable

290Cmostly conserved

320Avariable

323Avariable

329Tvariable

341Avariable

347Cvariable

350Cvariable

356Tmostly conserved

365Avariable

371Tvariable

383Avariable

425Tvariable

434Avariable

456Avariable

464Amostly conserved

467Tvariable

470Tvariable

492Tvariable

494Avariable

506Tvariable

512Avariable

524Tvariable

528Tvariable

530Avariable

536Tvariable

551Tvariable

554Tvariable

572Avariable

578Amostly conserved

TAAGACTTTTAATTCGAGCTGAATTAGGTAATCCTGGATCTTTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTT …

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)4.4%

Haplotypes3

BINs2

Most divergent pair6.9%

AsiaOther

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.

Westermannia gloriosasame genus4.8%Catadoides punctatasame order5.4%Caradrina morosasame order5.7%Mosopia eudoxusalissame order5.9%Asinduma exscriptasame family5.9%

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-3P★COI-5PCYTB

animal barcodemitochondrial

Organelle genome

Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.

▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is

Mitochondrion

NC_066712 ↗ · 13 protein · 22 tRNA · 2 rRNA

ND1CYTBND6ND4LND4ND5ND3COX3ATP6ATP8COX2COX1ND2rrnSrrnL

◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species

Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.

protein-codingrRNAtRNA

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type111 records

Wild obs. + sensor102

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO240 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 43≤1 km 21≤10 km 5>10 km 2

71 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor102

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

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 institutions1 of 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Tallinn, EE	3
Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record	1
Loyola College, Entomology Research Institutelocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 5 of 9 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Westermannia superba 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 found6

Studies independent surveys1

Countries4

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 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 median21.1 °C 20.7–24.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.20 °C

Max temp (day)26.1 °C 24.0–28.7

Min temp (night)16.4 °C 15.2–18.6

Precipitation99.9 mm/mo 59.1–382

Air humidity58.5 % 56.6–68.9

Moisture balance-46.2 mm/mo -60.8–262

Vapour deficit1,035 Pa 766–1,322

Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.10–1.90

Cloud cover14.1 % 13.3–51.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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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