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Helcystogramma septella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Helcystogramma septella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is found in Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and the Gambia. The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are fuscous suffused with whitish ochreous and with a whitish-ochreous streak from the costa near the base to beneath the costa before the middle, margined beneath with dark fuscous suffusion towards the base. There is a blackish blotch edged with ochreous whitish extending along the dorsum from near the base to beyond the middle, with the angles rounded, the upper edge sinuate and the posterior portion more prominent and reaching more than halfway across the wing. There is also a whitish-ochreous oblique streak from the costa before the middle, edged with dark fuscous posteriorly, nearly reaching the second discal stigma, which is blackish, edged with ochreous whitish. There is a whitish-ochreous line from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, somewhat obtusely bent in the middle, followed on the costa by a triangular spot suffusedly marked with dark fuscous reaching one-third of the way across the wing. A triangular suffused whitish-ochreous patch occupies the apex and most of the termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Helcystogramma septella sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 345th most-seen of the 401 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March, September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Helcystogramma septella in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in January, April–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Only Durban, in our data
Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Helcystogramma septella sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Helcystogramma septella that you can see in Durban (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Spotted Brown Pansy (about 30%), Dark Blue Pansy (about 20%) and Common Mother-Of-Pearl (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Helcystogramma septella is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (5 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.
