Agathodes musivalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Agathodes musivalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Mayotte, Congo, Kenya, Réunion, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Erythrina indica and Erythrina afra (Fabaceae). The common name is painted pearl. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Pearl sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 90th most-seen of the 198 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, August–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Pearl in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–July and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Addo Elephant National Park, in our data
Addo Elephant National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Painted Pearl sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Painted Pearl that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 10%), Rusty Dot Pearl (about 10%) and Duponchelia lanceolalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
