Telphusa perspicua
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Telphusa perspicua is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Hispaniola, Cuba and Puerto Rico. The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark brown, much mottled with whitish ochreous, mingled with iridescent green reflections. The paler colouring does not extend to the base but only to the sinuate oblique outer edge of a strongly-marked dark basal patch, the green metallic reflections being especially noticeable beyond its outer margin. Below the middle of the costal margin is a small ocelloid spot with a dark brown centre, and the pale upper margin is preceded by a smaller one and followed by a third spot a little more distant from it, which forms the outer extremity of a dark brown shade. There are three patches of raised whitish-ochreous scales, the first on the disc before the middle, and two below the disc almost reaching the dorsum, the one before the other behind the middle. The apical portion of the wing is much mottled and contains a paler costal patch at one-fourth from the apex. The hindwings are very transparent, the veins indicated by greyish brown, the intermediate spaces except at the apex with bright steel-blue iridescence. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Telphusa perspicua sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 149 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 242nd most-seen of the 1624 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.
March to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Telphusa perspicua in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in November to February, the lowest months.
Only Austin, in our data
Austin is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Telphusa perspicua sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gelechiidae
The closest relatives of the Telphusa perspicua that you can see in Austin (family Gelechiidae, Twirler Moths) are Anacampsis fullonella (about 10%), Red-Necked Peanutworm Moth (about 10%) and Polyhymno Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Telphusa perspicua is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (149 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.
