Asota plana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Asota plana is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found from the Oriental tropics east to New Guinea. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 4 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asota plana sighting in Bandung on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 86th most-seen of the 156 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.
February, June–July and October–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asota plana in Bandung on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–May and August–September, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asota plana sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Asota plana sightings, Bandung ranks 4th at about 10%. The best odds are in Malang (Indonesia, about 30%), Taipei (Taiwan, about 10%) and Jakarta (Indonesia, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Asota plana that you can see in Bandung (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Marbled White Moth (about 10%), Clouded Tiger Moth (about 10%) and Nyctemera adversata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asota plana is recorded against all the insects logged in Bandung (9 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.
