Cosmopterix attenuatella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Cosmopterix attenuatella is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Galápagos Islands, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena.
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The larvae feed on Poaceae (Melinus minutiflora), Cyperus rotundus and Scirpus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmopterix attenuatella sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 32 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 198th most-seen of the 689 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.
December to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cosmopterix attenuatella in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in August to November, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cosmopterix attenuatella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cosmopterigidae
The closest relatives of the Cosmopterix attenuatella that you can see in Auckland (family Cosmopterigidae, Cosmet Moths) are Pyroderces aellotricha (about 10%) and Pyroderces apparitella (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cosmopterix attenuatella is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (32 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.
