Eudonia leptalea
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Eudonia leptalea is a moth in the family Crambidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands. This species was originally named Scoparia leptalea by Edward Meyrick in 1884. Meyrick gave a description of the species in 1885. John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Eudonia in 1988. However he misspelt the specific epithet leptalaea.
The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous or ochreous-grey, irrorated with dark fuscous or black, and densely irrorated with whitish. The markings are variable in distinctness and may sometimes be almost obsolete. The first line is white, margined by dark posteriorly. The second line is white and margined by dark. The hindwings are whitish-grey. The postmedian line is darker and the hindmargin is suffused with darker grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to March. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eudonia leptalea sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 141 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 48th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Eudonia leptalea in Auckland on a given day, against about 10% in November to June, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eudonia leptalea 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 Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eudonia leptalea sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eudonia
The closest relatives of the Eudonia leptalea that you can see in Auckland (genus Eudonia) are Eudonia philerga (about 20%), Eudonia bisinualis (about 10%) and Greater Orange-Spot Scoparia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eudonia leptalea is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (141 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.
