Pheosia gnoma
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pheosia gnoma, the lesser swallow prominent, is a moth from the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777. The moth can be found across the Palearctic realm (northern and central Europe, Russia, eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Amur). It has a forewing length of 20–26 mm.
The imago can be easily confused with Pheosia tremula but P. gnoma is usually smaller, and the ground colour has usually less brown in it. The chief character by which it may be distinguished is the broader and clearer white wedge-shaped mark between veins 1 and 2 on the forewings of P. gnoma.
Seitz - Very similar to tremula, usually somewhat smaller, the white wedge-spot below vein 1 of the forewing shorter and entirely white, without dark scaling in it. Anal angle of hindwing brownish without white marginal line. In the Higher Alps occurs a dark form of this species, ab. leonis Stichel which is scarcely distinguishable from the Arctic form frigida Zett. (45f) from Lapland, in which the wedge-spot of the forewing is grey instead of white. — Throughout Central Europe, northward to Lapland, southward to Southern France, Northern Italy, Croatia, and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 3 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Swallow Prominent sighting in Manchester on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 346th most-seen of the 458 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser Swallow Prominent in Manchester on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lesser Swallow Prominent sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 cities where we can rate Lesser Swallow Prominent sightings, Manchester ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Helsinki (Finland, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lesser Swallow Prominent is recorded against all the insects logged in Manchester (7 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.
