Lichenaula laniata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Lichenaula laniata is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark brown and with a very broad white streak, pointed at both ends and along the costa from the base to beyond the middle. The inner margin is slenderly white towards the base, with an irregular white blotch along the inner margin from one-fourth to three-fourths. Its upper anterior angle forming a projection towards the base along the fold, almost confluent with the costal streak, its upper posterior angle forming a projection upwards, reaching halfway across the wing. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc at two-thirds and a white transverse line, acutely angulated outwards in the middle, from three-fourths of the costa to the inner margin before the anal angle, the angulation confluent with a suffused white spot on the hindmargin, and sometimes also filled up anteriorly with a white suffusion. There is also a white hindmarginal line. The hindwings are whitish grey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lichenaula laniata sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 611th most-seen of the 789 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.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lichenaula laniata in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lichenaula laniata 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 Lichenaula laniata sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Lichenaula
The closest relatives of the Lichenaula laniata that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (genus Lichenaula) are Lichenaula arisema (about 10%) and Lichenaula melanoleuca (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lichenaula laniata is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains 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.
