Mocis undata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Mocis undata, the brown-striped semilooper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, including India and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 114th most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, August–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]'s driest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
5th of 17
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings, Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kozhikode (India, about 20%), Ponnani (India, about 20%) and Kochi (India, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown-Striped Semilooper is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (10 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.
