Coscinia cribraria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Coscinia cribraria, the speckled footman, is a species of moth belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae within the large family Erebidae. This moth has a widespread distribution in the Palearctic. Coscinia cribraria was first described as Phalaena (Bombyx) cribraria by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Linnaeus's P. cribraria was designated as the type species of the genus Coscinia by George Hampson in 1901, the genus having been proposed by Jacob Hübner in 1819. This is a polytypic species with a number of described subspecies. The genus Coscinia is placed within the subtribe Callimorphina within the tribe Arctiini in the subfamily Arctiinae, part of the large family Erebidae.
Coscinia cribraria has a forewing which... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Footman sighting in Lisbon on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 161st most-seen of the 441 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Speckled Footman in Lisbon on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and October–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Speckled Footman sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Speckled Footman sightings, Lisbon ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Porto (Portugal, about 10%).
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Speckled Footman that you can see in Lisbon (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Bloxworth Snout (about 10%) and Discrete Chaperon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Speckled Footman is recorded against all the insects logged in Lisbon (21 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.
