Cosmopterix pulchrimella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Cosmopterix pulchrimella, the beautiful cosmopterix moth, is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is known from the United States (from Massachusetts, Michigan, and southern Wyoming south to southern Florida, southern Arizona, and New Mexico) and Canada. It is also present in the Palearctic realm, where it is known from the Mediterranean Basin, from Portugal to the western Transcaucasus, north to Switzerland and Hungary. It has also been recorded from the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira. It has recently been found in southern England.
Male, female. Forewing length 3.0-4.0 mm. Head: frons shining grey, shining white towards clypeus, vertex and neck tufts shining dark brown, laterally and medially lined white, collar shining dark brown; labial palpus first segment very short, white, second segment four-fifths of the length of third, shining white on inside, dark brown with a white longitudinal line on outside, third segment white, lined brown laterally; scape dorsally shining dark brown with a white anterior line, ventrally shining white, antenna shining dark brown with a white interrupted line from base to beyond one-half, near base often uninterrupted... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth sighting in Paris on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 743rd most-seen of the 916 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 and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth in Paris on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December–February, the lowest months.
Among the best
Of the 6 cities where we can rate Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth sightings, Paris ranks 4th at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in London (United Kingdom, under 5%), Istanbul (Turkey, under 5%) and Austin (United States, under 5%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth that you can see in Paris (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Admiral (about 30%), Speckled Wood (about 30%) and Geranium Bronze (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Beautiful Cosmopterix Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Paris (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.
