Botyodes asialis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Botyodes asialis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is known from Africa, through Asia to the Pacific, including Fiji, Hong Kong, Réunion, Thailand, India, Siam, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, New Guinea, Samoa, Malay Peninsula and Queensland.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Populus species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Tear Sucker sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 138th most-seen of the 376 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.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asian Tear Sucker in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in February to September, the lowest months. Those are among Chennai's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asian Tear Sucker sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Chennai, in our data
Chennai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Asian Tear Sucker sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Asian Tear Sucker that you can see in Chennai (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 20%), Mung Bean Moth (about 10%) and Rice Leaf-Roller (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Asian Tear Sucker is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (21 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.
