Trabala vishnou
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Trabala vishnou, the rose-myrtle lappet moth, is a species of moth in the family Lasiocampidae. It is found in southern Asia, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Four subspecies are recognized.
The wingspan is about 67 mm for females and 47 for males. The body colour of the male is apple green. Antennae ochreous brown. The disk of the forewing and the inner margin of the hindwing are whitish. Forewings with a faint pale antemedial line curved below the costa. There is a dark speck at end of cell, and a pale straight oblique postmedial line which becomes medial on the hindwing. Both wings have a series of small submarginal dark spots. The female is yellowish green, which fades to ochreous. Lines and spots of both wings are enlarged and blackish. The spot at the end of the cell of the forewing is large, conspicuous and irrorated (sprinkled) with black scales, and sometimes centered with grey. A reddish-brown patch thickly irrorated with black occupying whole medial inner area from median nervure to inner margin. Cilia of wings are blackish.
The larva has a yellow... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 2 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 314th most-seen of the 362 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.
March, August–September and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–July and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth sightings, Mumbai ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Taipei (Taiwan, about 30%), Tainan (Taiwan, about 20%) and Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth that you can see in Mumbai (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 40%), Tailed Jay (about 40%) and Lime Swallowtail (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rose Myrtle Lappet Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Mumbai (6 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.
