Padenia transversa
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Padenia transversa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Sri Lanka and on the Andamans. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Padenia transversa sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 360th most-seen of the 477 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.
November to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Padenia transversa in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months. Those are among Bengaluru's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in September.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Padenia transversa sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Bengaluru, in our data
Bengaluru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Padenia transversa sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Padenia transversa that you can see in Bengaluru (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Footman Moth (about 30%), Sandalwood Defoliator (about 20%) and Handmaiden Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Padenia transversa is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (8 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.
