Idaea politaria
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Idaea politaria sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 18 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.
June to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Idaea politaria in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months. Those are among Porto's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in January.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Idaea politaria 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.
Only Porto, in our data
Porto is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Idaea politaria sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Idaea
The closest relatives of the Idaea politaria 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.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Idaea politaria is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (18 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.
