Larentia clavaria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Larentia clavaria, the mallow, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from Siberia (Altai Mountains) in the east to the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and the British Isles in the west. In the north it ranges to the Caucasus, Tajikistan and Fennoscandia. In the south it is found the western Mediterranean islands, Italy, the Balkans and Asia Minor. It occurs only locally and is almost always rare. In the Alps, it rises up to 1200 m above sea level.
The wingspan is 36–40 mm. Forewings are fawn colour with a browner basal patch, median band and distal shade, all finely and delicately white-edged distally, the median band also accompanied by a fine white line proximally, sharply indented on the submedian fold and more shallowly in the cell. Hindwing pale, becoming browner at the distal margin. The larva is long and slender, monochrome bright yellow-green.
The moth flies from August to November depending on the location. The larvae feed on Althaea officinalis and Malva species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mallow sighting in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 258th most-seen of the 405 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.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mallow in Nizhny Novgorod on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.
Only Nizhny Novgorod, in our data
Nizhny Novgorod is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mallow sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Mallow that you can see in Nizhny Novgorod (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Blood Vein (about 10%), Dark Spinach (about 10%) and Common Heath (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mallow is recorded against all the insects logged in Nizhny Novgorod (7 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.
