Palumbina guerinii
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Palumbina guerinii is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula north to France, east to Italy and Greece. The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are pale olive grey, a little darker posteriorly. Before the middle is an oblique whitish fascia, nearest the base of the wing on the inner margin, the whitish colour of this fascia runs along the edge of the costa and inner margin to the middle of the wing. Beyond the middle is a whitish blotch not reaching to the costa, and intersected by two dark olive-grey veins. The apex of the wing is whitish, streaked with grey. The hindwings are pale grey.
It is considered a pest on pistachio trees. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Istanbul | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Palumbina guerinii sighting in Istanbul on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 266 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.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Palumbina guerinii in Istanbul on a given day, against under 5% in March to August, the lowest months.
Only Istanbul, in our data
Istanbul is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Palumbina guerinii sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Palumbina guerinii that you can see in Istanbul (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Admiral (about 30%), Painted Lady (about 30%) and Small Copper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palumbina guerinii is recorded against all the insects logged in Istanbul (16 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.
