Scoparia halopis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Scoparia halopis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded as far south as the Auckland Islands. New Zealand lepidopterist Brian Patrick notes that "when I was young growing up in Invercargill, I reared an adult from larvae found in soil - so probably a sod webworm by lifestyle." According to Patrick, this species is "common and widely distributed from sub-Antarctic northwards in both natural and suburban settings" in New Zealand.
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scoparia halopis sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 102nd most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scoparia halopis in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in March and May, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scoparia halopis sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Scoparia halopis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Scoparia
The closest relatives of the Scoparia halopis that you can see in Auckland (genus Scoparia) are Scoparia chalicodes (about 10%) and Scoparia minusculalis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scoparia halopis is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (79 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.
