Bucculatrix maritima
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Bucculatrix maritima is a species of moth of the family Bucculatricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula), Russia and Japan (the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu). It was first described in 1851 by Henry Tibbats Stainton.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head is pale greyish-ochreous, centre sometimes fuscous. Forewings are light greyish-ochreous, more or less irrorated with fuscous; a short median streak from base, pairs of costal and dorsal undefined spots before middle and at 3/4 whitish, often very indistinct; plical and second discal stigmata minute, black. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale greyish-green; dorsal line darker, head yellowish; segment 2 yellowish-grey, blackish- dotted.
Adults are on wing in June and again in August. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on sea aster (Aster tripolium). They mine the leaves of their host plant. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Saltern Bent-Wing sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 480th most-seen of the 632 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.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Saltern Bent-Wing in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months.
Only Liverpool, in our data
Liverpool is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Saltern Bent-Wing sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Saltern Bent-Wing that you can see in Liverpool (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 50%), Light Brown Apple Moth (about 50%) and Speckled Wood (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Saltern Bent-Wing is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (9 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.
