Eudonia pongalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Eudonia pongalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is endemic to New Zealand. The wingspan is 15–19 mm. The forewings are pale whitish grey, slightly tinged with ochreous and with a few scattered grey and black scales. The first line is indicated by a short cloudy blackish oblique streak from the inner margin. The costa is black from the base to beyond the middle. The second line is distinctly dark margined. The hindwings are whitish in males and very pale whitish grey in females. The postmedian line and hindmargin are very faintly greyer. Adults have been recorded on wing in March. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Eudonia pongalis sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 618th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Eudonia pongalis in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eudonia pongalis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Eudonia
The closest relatives of the Eudonia pongalis that you can see in Auckland (genus Eudonia) are Eudonia philerga (about 20%), Eudonia leptalea (about 10%) and Eudonia bisinualis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eudonia pongalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (5 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.
