Brown-Striped Semilooper

Brown-Striped Semilooper

Mocis undata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Kochi

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

78 Verified sightings at Kochi
14 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Brown-Striped Semilooper

Mocis undata, the brown-striped semilooper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, including India and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
6 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 Pune 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~10%
10 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Kochi?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 78 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 69th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Kochi?

July

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Kochi on a given day, against about 10% in August to May, the lowest months. That is one of Kochi's wettest months, with about 440 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-Striped Semilooper?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Kochi the best place to see a Brown-Striped Semilooper?

3rd of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings, Kochi ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kozhikode (India, about 20%) and Ponnani (India, about 20%).

Where does the Brown-Striped Semilooper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-Striped Semilooper is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (78 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.

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