Athetis hospes
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Athetis hospes, or Porter's rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae which was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1835. It is found in Spain, southern France, Italy, on the Balkan Peninsula, Crete, Turkey and northern Iran. The species seems to be expanding its range in north-western Europe with records from Great Britain and the Netherlands. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Porter's Rustic sighting in Cévennes National Park on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 217th most-seen of the 996 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Porter's Rustic in Cévennes National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Porter's Rustic sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Cévennes National Park, in our data
Cévennes National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Porter's Rustic sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Porter's Rustic that you can see in Cévennes National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are The Latin (about 10%), Treble Lines (about 10%) and Heart And Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Porter's Rustic is recorded against all the insects logged in Cévennes National Park (77 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.
