Phylomictis lintearia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Phylomictis lintearia is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated fuscous, with the stigmata cloudy, light brownish, the plical rather beyond the first discal. There is an oblique series of two or three small spots of dark grey irroration from the costa to the first and second discal respectively, and a strongly curved subterminal series of similar spots. The hindwings are pale grey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Phylomictis lintearia sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 225th 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Phylomictis lintearia in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March and May–July, the lowest months. That is one of Blue Mountains National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 150 mm in March.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Phylomictis lintearia 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 Phylomictis lintearia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Depressariidae
The closest relatives of the Phylomictis lintearia that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Depressariidae, Flat-bodied moths) are Agriophara confertella (about 10%) and Leptosaces schistopa (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Phylomictis lintearia is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (19 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.
