Mesoleuca albicillata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Mesoleuca albicillata, also known as the beautiful carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the Palearctic. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moscow | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Carpet sighting in Moscow on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 677th most-seen of the 1111 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Carpet in Moscow on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Beautiful Carpet sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Moscow, in our data
Moscow is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Beautiful Carpet sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Beautiful Carpet that you can see in Moscow (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Winter Moth (about 10%), Common Carpet Moth (about 10%) and Northern Winter Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Beautiful Carpet is recorded against all the insects logged in Moscow (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.
