Epiblema foenella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Epiblema foenella, the white-foot bell, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The wingspan is 17–26 mm. This quite-common moth has dark brown forewings with a striking falcate medio-dorsal white marking and a gray-colored area at the ends of the wings. The shape of the white marking is quite variable.
This species has one generation and the mature caterpillars overwinter. The larvae feed on the roots and lower stem of mugwort or common wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), of southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum) and of golden marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria). The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. They usually fly from late afternoon into the evening.
This species can be found in most of Europe, southern Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Russian Far East, China (Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang), Korea, Japan, India, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The white-foot bell prefers rough uncultivated ground, grassland, scrub, river banks... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 2 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 5 | Copenhagen | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 6 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea | |
| 8 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Foot Bell sighting in Helsinki on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 242nd most-seen of the 838 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Foot Bell in Helsinki on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-Foot Bell sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 11 cities where we can rate White-Foot Bell sightings, Helsinki has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Novosibirsk (Russia, about 10%) and Berlin (Germany, under 5%).
Same family: Tortricidae
The closest relatives of the White-Foot Bell that you can see in Helsinki (family Tortricidae, Tortricid Leafroller Moths) are Barred Marble (about 10%), Common Marble (about 10%) and Common Yellow Conch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Foot Bell is recorded against all the insects logged in Helsinki (23 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.
