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Idiophantis chiridota
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Idiophantis chiridota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Sri Lanka, Thailand, on the Sunda Islands and Fiji. The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous, the veins sometimes slightly tinged with fuscous and with a rather broad pale bronzy-fuscous streak along the costa from near the base to the middle, confluent beneath with an elongate suffused dark fuscous blotch in the disc from the base to one-fourth, and a subquadrate dark fuscous blotch centrally paler in the disc before the middle. There is a dark fuscous dot on the lower margin of the cell in the middle of the wing, and two others at the angles of the cell, as well as an indistinct paler obtusely angulated subterminal line, becoming grey whitish on the costa, adjoining the terminal excavation in the middle. A pale ochreous-yellowish line is found from the costa beyond this, running into the apical prominence and there is a coppery-metallic spot edged with green beneath, occupying the upper part of the tornal prominence, with a pale ochreous-yellowish streak beneath it. The hindwings are light bronzy grey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Idiophantis chiridota sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 914th most-seen of the 1083 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Idiophantis chiridota in Brisbane on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Idiophantis chiridota sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Idiophantis chiridota is recorded against all the insects logged in Brisbane (7 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.
