Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Aspidimorpha miliaris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Manila

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%

10 Verified sightings at Manila
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Aspidimorpha miliaris is a widespread Asian species of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848 [1]. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tasikmalaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
2 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
3 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
4 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
5 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
7 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
8 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~10%
9 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
10 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Manila?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 75th most-seen of the 122 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Manila?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Manila on a given day, against under 5% in March–June and November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Manila the best place to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle?

8th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sightings, Manila ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 30%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Taipei (Taiwan, about 20%).

Where does the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Manila (10 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.

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