Maruca amboinalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Maruca amboinalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan von Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Indonesia (Ambon Island, Sumatra), Taiwan and Japan. The larvae feed on Pongamia pinnata. 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 Maruca amboinalis sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 298th 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.
November and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Maruca amboinalis in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in January to October, the lowest months. Those are among Chennai's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 5 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Maruca amboinalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: 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 Maruca amboinalis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Maruca amboinalis 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.
