Olive Crescent

Olive Crescent

Trisateles emortualis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Bavarian Forest National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

7 Verified sightings at Bavarian Forest National Park From 2019 to 2026
7 In 1 park
June Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Olive Crescent

Trisateles is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Erebidae described by Tams in 1939. Its only species, Trisateles emortualis, the olive crescent, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, east to Siberia, northern Iran and China. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Olive Crescent in Bavarian Forest National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olive Crescent sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 727th 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.

When is the best time to see an Olive Crescent in Bavarian Forest National Park?

May and June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olive Crescent in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Olive Crescent?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Olive Crescent sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see an Olive Crescent?

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 Olive Crescent sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Olive Crescent live in Bavarian Forest National Park?

Same family: Erebidae

The closest relatives of the Olive Crescent that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Burnet Companion (about 20%), Jersey Tiger (about 20%) and Pale Tussock Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Olive Crescent sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Olive Crescent is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (7 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.

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