Penicillaria jocosatrix
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Penicillaria jocosatrix, the mango shoot borer, is a moth of the family Euteliidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from southeast Asia to the Pacific. Records include Borneo, Guam, Hawaii, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and in Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mango Shoot Borer sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 338th most-seen of the 376 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.
March–April and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mango Shoot Borer in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in February and May–November, the lowest months. Those are among Chennai's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 290 mm in November.
Only Chennai, in our data
Chennai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mango Shoot Borer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Mango Shoot Borer that you can see in Chennai (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Tawny Coster (about 40%), Plain Tiger Butterfly (about 40%) and Lemon Pansy (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mango Shoot Borer is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (6 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.
