Epipomponia nawai
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Epipomponia nawai is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea. The wingspan is about 22 mm. The wings are entirely black, the forewings with many bluish-metallic scales. As a caterpillar, E. nawai is an ectoparasite of cicadas such as Hyalessa maculaticollis and Meimuna opalifera species. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Epipomponia nawai sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 222nd most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Epipomponia nawai in Beijing on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months. That is one of Beijing's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against almost none in January.
Only Beijing, in our data
Beijing is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Epipomponia nawai sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Epipomponia nawai that you can see in Beijing (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Small White (about 20%), Asian Comma (about 20%) and Fall Webworm Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Epipomponia nawai is recorded against all the insects logged in Beijing (12 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.
