Tymbophora peltastis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Tymbophora is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Xyloryctidae. Its sole species is Tymbophora peltastis, which is found in most of Australia. T. peltastis has a wingspan of 19–27 mm. The forewings are very pale whitish-ochreous, with fine scattered black or brownish scales, more or less tinged or suffused with pale fuscous except towards the anterior half of the costa, sometimes very faintly. There is a trapezoidal deep brown-red blotch, irrorated with black and a few ochreous-whitish scales, extending on the inner margin from one-third to three-fourths, narrowed upwards, the upper side flat, not reaching half across the wing. There are also three or four brownish dots on the posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, more or less suffused with pale whitish-ochreous anteriorly.
The larvae feed on Eucalyptus polyanthemos and Angophora costata, webbing green leaves with silk and beneath the bark. 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 Tymbophora peltastis sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 144th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Tymbophora peltastis in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months. Those are among Blue Mountains National Park's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in May.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tymbophora peltastis 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 Tymbophora peltastis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Xyloryctidae
The closest relatives of the Tymbophora peltastis that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Xyloryctidae, Timber Moths) are Plectophila discalis (about 10%), Leistarcha scitissimella (about 10%) and Lichenaula arisema (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tymbophora peltastis is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (26 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.
