Noctua orbona
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Noctua orbona, the lunar yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in the Palearctic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madrid | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lunar Yellow Underwing sighting in Madrid on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 328th most-seen of the 457 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.
May and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lunar Yellow Underwing in Madrid on a given day, against under 5% in July to April, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lunar Yellow Underwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Madrid, in our data
Madrid is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lunar Yellow Underwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lunar Yellow Underwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Madrid (8 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.
