Phyllonorycter geniculella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Phyllonorycter geniculella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia. The wingspan is about 8 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again in August.
The larvae feed on sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) mining the leaves. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Sycamore Midget sighting in Liverpool on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 559th 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.
July to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sycamore Midget in Liverpool on a given day, against under 5% in November to June, the lowest months.
Only Liverpool, in our data
Liverpool is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sycamore Midget sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Phyllonorycter
The closest relatives of the Sycamore Midget that you can see in Liverpool (genus Phyllonorycter) are Beech Midget (about 10%), Firethorn Leafminer (about 10%) and European Oak Leafminer (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sycamore Midget is recorded against all the insects logged in Liverpool (6 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.
