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Anarsia epiula
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Anarsia epiula is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with, and towards the costa broadly suffused with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. There are some indistinct oblique dark marks on the costa and with an elongate semi-oval blackish-fuscous spot along the costa in the middle. There is an elongate blackish-fuscous spot in the middle of the disc and a dark fuscous dot in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are whitish fuscous, but paler and semitransparent anteriorly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Anarsia epiula sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 139th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Anarsia epiula in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Blue Mountains National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 150 mm in March.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Anarsia epiula sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Anarsia epiula sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Anarsia epiula is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (27 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.
