Idaea cervantaria

Idaea cervantaria

Idaea cervantaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Porto

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

13 Verified sightings at Porto
16 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
2 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Idaea cervantaria in Porto?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Idaea cervantaria sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 290th most-seen of the 498 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.

When is the best time to see an Idaea cervantaria in Porto?

May and August–September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Idaea cervantaria in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Porto's driest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see an Idaea cervantaria?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Idaea cervantaria sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see an Idaea cervantaria?

Only Porto, in our data

Porto is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Idaea cervantaria sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Idaea cervantaria live in Porto?

Same genus: Idaea

The closest relatives of the Idaea cervantaria that you can see in Porto (genus Idaea) are Riband Wave (about 20%), Satin Wave (about 20%) and Idaea eugeniata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Idaea cervantaria sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Idaea cervantaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (13 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.

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