Notodonta ziczac
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Notodonta ziczac, the pebble prominent, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Europe ranging to Central Asia. The wingspan is 40–45 mm. Their forewings are light grey on the front edge, the inner portion of the wing is cinnamon-brown. In the grey area is a roundish dark grey stain shaped like a pebble bounded proximally by a dark curved line. There is a dark, curved postmedian line towards the apex of the wing. The hindwings are grey, darker grey in the females. They have a dark, discal lunule. The thorax and abdomen are dark brown and thickly clothed with hair.
Seitz- Basal half of forewing light yellowish brown, the central costal area white-grey in between at dark transverse line and the large arcuate black discal spot, beyond the discal spot a broad dark cloud distally bounded by a pale dentate line; in the marginal area a slightly undulate dark submarginal line (distally pale-edged and curving basad below costal margin in the shape of a black longitudinal stripe; marginal line and hind margin black. Hindwing paler or darker greyish brown. The black markings of the forewing
sometimes dark brown, but never paler. Central and Northern Europe, southward... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Manchester | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 5 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 6 | Prague | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 7 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pebble Prominent sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 320th 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.
March–April and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pebble Prominent in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in May and August–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pebble Prominent sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Pebble Prominent sightings, Porto ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 10%) and Manchester (United Kingdom, under 5%).
Same family: Notodontidae
The closest relatives of the Pebble Prominent that you can see in Porto (family Notodontidae, Prominent Moths) are Buff-Tip (about 10%), Oak Marbled Brown (about 10%) and Swallow Prominent (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pebble Prominent is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (11 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.
