Thallarcha phalarota
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Thallarcha phalarota, the adorned footman, is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are black with two white bands. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thallarcha phalarota 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 337th 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.
April, October and December–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thallarcha phalarota in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thallarcha phalarota 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 Thallarcha phalarota sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Thallarcha
The closest relatives of the Thallarcha phalarota that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (genus Thallarcha) are Thallarcha macilenta (about 10%) and Thallarcha albicollis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thallarcha phalarota 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.
