Glycythyma chrysorycta
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Glycythyma chrysorycta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are yellow with wiggly brown lines across the wings. Adults are on wing from June to July. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Glycythyma chrysorycta sighting in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 182 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Glycythyma chrysorycta in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] on a given day, against under 5% in May and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glycythyma chrysorycta sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte], in our data
Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Glycythyma chrysorycta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Glycythyma chrysorycta that you can see in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 10%), Rice Case Bearer (about 10%) and Yellow Blotched Pearl Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glycythyma chrysorycta is recorded against all the insects logged in Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] (13 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.
