Microcolona limodes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Microcolona limodes is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of this moth eat the seeds of endemic Myrsine species. This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 using material collected at Riccarton Bush in Christchurch during March. George Hudson discussed this species in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.
Meyrick described the species as follows: ♂︎♀︎. 7-8 mm. Head white, crown fuscous-sprinkled. Palpi white, second joint with a blackish lateral line, terminal joint with black subbasal and subapical rings. Antennae whitish, beneath fuscous-spotted. Thorax whitish-ochreous, with two dark fuscous posterior spots. Abdomen whitish. Legs dark fuscous, irrorated and ringed with whitish. Forewings very narrow, ochreous, mixed with white and sprinkled with dark fuscous, almost wholly suffused with white on anterior half and sometimes throughout; a raised black dot on fold at 1⁄6, a larger one beneath fold at 1⁄3, a third in disc before middle, a fourth beneath fold obliquely beyond third, almost dorsal... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Microcolona limodes sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 201st 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.
July, September and December–April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Microcolona limodes in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Microcolona limodes sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Microcolona limodes is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (36 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.
