Basistriga flammatra
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Dichagyris flammatra, the black collar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, western Siberia, Armenia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Tibet, Afghanistan and northern India. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Collar Moth sighting in Almaty on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 53rd most-seen of the 83 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Collar Moth in Almaty on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, June–July and October–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Collar Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Almaty, in our data
Almaty is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black Collar Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Black Collar Moth that you can see in Almaty (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 20%), Small Tortoiseshell (about 10%) and European Peacock Butterfly (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Collar Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Almaty (6 verified sightings), 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.
