Lichenaula melanoleuca
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lichenaula melanoleuca is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous with white markings. The base is narrowly white and there is an outwardly oblique, irregularly outlined fascia from the costa at one-sixth to the inner-margin at one-fourth, as well as a large white spot on the costa at two-fifths not reaching the fold, another on the costa at two-thirds and a similar spot in the disc at two-thirds confluent with the preceding. A smaller spot is found below the centre of the disc and there is a fifth spot at the anal angle, and two minute dots at and before the apex of the costa. The hindwings are grey. 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 Lichenaula melanoleuca sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 14 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 December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lichenaula melanoleuca in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lichenaula melanoleuca 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 melanoleuca sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lichenaula melanoleuca is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (14 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.
