Heteromicta pachytera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Heteromicta pachytera is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings have a grey pattern. 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 Heteromicta pachytera sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 272nd 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.
January–April and September–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Heteromicta pachytera in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–August and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Heteromicta pachytera sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Heteromicta pachytera sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Heteromicta pachytera 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 Heteromicta pachytera is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (17 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.
