Deltote pygarga
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Protodeltote pygarga, the marbled white spot, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm. It is found throughout Europe including Scandinavia. In the east the range over Asia minor, northern Iran, Afghanistan, southern Siberia, Central Asia, China then to Sakhalin, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In the south in the countries bordering the Mediterranean including some islands. It is found up to 1000 m in the Alps.
The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Forewing white, suffused with fuscous and black; inner and outer lines double, blackish; the inner filled in with grey and obscure; the outer with white, strongly excurved beyond cell; stigmata grey, with paler outlines; the orbicular round, the reniform kidney shaped; separated by black scaling, which also follows the reniform; claviform grey brown, edged with white at end, and followed by black scaling; submarginal line pale, preceded by dark shading which thins out towards inner margin; the space beyond outer line in lower half of wing more or less white; hindwing fuscous: the fringe whitish; - in the form albilinea Haw. the dark shading before submarginal line is so strongly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Triglav National Park | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 2 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Hamburg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 5 | Minsk | 🇧🇾 Belarus | |
| 6 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 8 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 10 | Saint Petersburg | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled White-Spot sighting in Essen on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 347th most-seen of the 434 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Marbled White-Spot in Essen on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Marbled White-Spot 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.
6th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Marbled White-Spot sightings, Essen ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Porto (Portugal, about 10%), Helsinki (Finland, about 10%) and Hamburg (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Marbled White-Spot that you can see in Essen (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), Silver Υ (about 10%) and Heart And Dart (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Marbled White-Spot is recorded against all the insects logged in Essen (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.
