Eupithecia icterata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The tawny speckled pug (Eupithecia icterata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. Subfulvata (Haworth, 1809) Eupithecia icterata f. Cognata Stephens, 1831 This species can be found throughout the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. It occurs in large parts of Europe, but is absent in Portugal, in the northernmost part of Scandinavia, as well as on Iceland and some Mediterranean islands. In the Sierra Nevada it rises to an altitude of 3000 meters. In Asia it can be found in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan and Western Siberia as far as the Altai Mountains. There is also an occurrence in the Atlas Mountains in North Africa.
These moths prefer dry mountain meadows, forest edges and parks. It may be present ion areas with host plants on the edges of roads, fields, and bushes, semi-arid grasslands and loosely standing shrubbery and perennial herb fields with warm microclimate.
Eupithecia icterata can reach a wingspan of 20–24 mm. It is among the larger species in the genus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 4 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Speckled Pug sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 445th most-seen of the 838 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.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny Speckled Pug in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tawny Speckled Pug sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Tawny Speckled Pug sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come London (United Kingdom, under 5%) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tawny Speckled Pug is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (11 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.
