Curena externalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Curena externalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Curena. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. The forewings are pale brown with a dark brown margin. The wings have a recurve in the margin near the tornus. 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 a Curena externalis sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 294th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Curena externalis in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Curena externalis 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 Curena externalis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Curena externalis that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Pyralidae, Pyralid Snout Moths) are Small Tabby (about 10%), Meyriccia latro (about 10%) and Spectrotrota fimbrialis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Curena externalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (15 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.
