Xyleutes persona
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Xyleutes persona the Persona Wood Moth is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, south-east Asia, Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Queensland. The habitat consists of lowland forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xyleutes persona sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 243rd 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xyleutes persona in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Bengaluru's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Only Bengaluru, in our data
Bengaluru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Xyleutes persona sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Xyleutes persona that you can see in Bengaluru (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 40%), Common Evening Brown (about 30%) and Common Castor Butterfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xyleutes persona is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (16 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.
