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Hypatima spathota
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Hypatima spathota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are dark purple fuscous longitudinally streaked with black and with a dark brown streak above the fold from the base to four-fifths of the wing and a rather broad ochreous-whitish streak along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, then attenuated almost to the apex, including short blackish dashes on each side of the tornus, its upper edge with a short ochreous-whitish dash adjacent at two-fifths, and a similar but transverse mark at two-thirds. There is a fine white longitudinal line above the apical portion. The hindwings are fuscous, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly, with the veins and termen suffused with darker.
The larvae feed on Mangifera indica and Lannea grandis. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hypatima spathota sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 57 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 189th most-seen of the 1125 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.
April to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Hypatima spathota in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in November to March, the lowest months.
Only Hong Kong, in our data
Hong Kong is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hypatima spathota sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gelechiidae
The closest relatives of the Hypatima spathota that you can see in Hong Kong (family Gelechiidae, Twirler Moths) are Dichomeris ochthophora (about 10%), Deltophora polliniferens (about 10%) and Dichomeris sandycitis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hypatima spathota is recorded against all the insects logged in Hong Kong (57 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.
