Pyroderces apparitella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pyroderces apparitella is a species of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North Island where it is regarded by some as being not common. The preferred habitat of this species is native forests and residential gardens. Adults are on the wing in December and January and the species is attracted to light.
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 using a female specimen obtained from D. Bolton in Auckland and named Gelechia apparitella. The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. In 1889 Edward Meyrick placed this species within the genus Proterocosma. However, in 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated the species under the name Pyroderces apparitella. John S. Dugdale affirmed the placement of this species in the genus Pyroderces in 1988. In 2019, in a publication by Alan Emmerson & Robert Hoare, this species was referred to as Pyroderces (s.l.) apparitella, indicating that the authors had doubt about the placement of this species within that genus.
Walker described the species as follows: Gilded ochraceous, slender. Head in front and under side... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pyroderces apparitella sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 155th 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.
October and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pyroderces apparitella in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–September, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pyroderces apparitella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pyroderces apparitella is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (44 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.
