Mythimna riparia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Mythimna riparia is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Morocco, southern Europe, Turkey, Israel, Syria and Turkmenistan. Adults are on wing from March to May and from September to October. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Calamagrostis species and low herbaceous plants like Vicia and Trifolium species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mythimna riparia sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 73 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 104th most-seen of the 498 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mythimna riparia in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in July and November–March, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mythimna riparia sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Porto, in our data
Porto is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mythimna riparia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Mythimna
The closest relatives of the Mythimna riparia that you can see in Porto (genus Mythimna) are Armyworm Moth (about 20%), The Delicate (about 10%) and Mythimna sicula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mythimna riparia is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (73 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.
