Alapadna pauropis
In 3 days ~10%
Alapadna pauropis, the variable spot-wing, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae, first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1902. It is found in the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
Adults are brown with a variable pattern of dark lines and spots. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Alapadna pauropis sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 808th most-seen of the 875 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Alapadna pauropis in Melbourne on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alapadna pauropis sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Melbourne, in our data
Melbourne is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alapadna pauropis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Alapadna pauropis that you can see in Melbourne (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Australian Magpie Moth (about 20%), Southern Moon Moth (about 10%) and Halone consolatrix (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alapadna pauropis is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (5 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.
