Thalaina selenaea
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Thalaina selenaea, the orange-rimmed satin moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first discovered by Henry Doubleday in 1845. It is found throughout eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Although the common name satin moth is sometimes used for this species, that name is already applied to Leucoma salicis, an unrelated species native to Europe and Asia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 46 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 261st most-seen of the 875 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.
April and May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth in Melbourne on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 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 Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Melbourne (46 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.
