Agrochola litura
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Agrochola litura, the brown-spot pinion, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in Europe and the Middle East. It is possibly also present in North Africa, but this is unclear because similar looking species Agrochola meridionalis is found there.
A. litura L. (37 g). Forewing bluish grey or violet grey, the basal half slightly paler; the lines all marked by black spots on costa, the submarginal with an oblique bar; inner and outer lines dark, obscurely double, with pale centres; stigmata large with pale annuli, the reniform generally with darker centre; hindwing dull fuscous; — polluta Esp. (37 g) is the large dark form; — ornatrix Hbn. (37 h) a small dark form; both with the costal spots well-developed; — borealis Sp.-Schn. (= saturata Schultze) has the basal half of wing prominently pale; — meridionalis Stgr., a Southern race [now full species ], is paler, bluish-grey or yellowish-grey with prominent grey brown or red-brown median shade; — ochreata Spul., from Central Europe, is purplish grey with a yellow tinge, the basal half often whitish ochreous; — in rufa Tutt (37 h)... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Spot Pinion sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 822nd most-seen of the 1115 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Spot Pinion in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to August, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Spot Pinion 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 Bavarian Forest National Park, in our data
Bavarian Forest National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown-Spot Pinion sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Spot Pinion is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (6 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.
