Banisia myrsusalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Banisia myrsusalis, the sapodilla borer or sapota midrib folder, is a species of moth of the family Thyrididae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 and is found in North America, Brazil, Australia, southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka) and Africa (Madagascar, South Africa).
The wingspan is about 2 cm. Palpi with the third joint of moderate length. Antennae nearly simple in both sexes. Outer margin of both wings nearly evenly curved. Body greyish brown, where some specimens with a slight red or pink tinge. Wings are somewhat lineally striated with dark brown. Forewings with the costa yellow. Cilia fuscous on forewing and white on hindwing. Ventral side is silvery grey where striae are prominent and chestnut brown in colour. Forewings with two brownish postmedial and one sub-apical patch.
A host plant of this species is sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), a Sapotaceae. Total life cycle of a male and a female is experimentally proved about 40.8 ± 3.97 and 45.35 ± 4.08 days, respectively. Banisia myrsusalis cinereola Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sapodilla Borer Moth sighting in Kochi on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 377th most-seen of the 428 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sapodilla Borer Moth in Kochi on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and June–October, the lowest months. Those are among Kochi's driest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in June.
Only Kochi, in our data
Kochi is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sapodilla Borer Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sapodilla Borer Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Kochi (5 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.
