Heliothis peltigera
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Heliothis peltigera, also known as the bordered straw, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The Greek epithet "Heliothis" means "scorched by the sun", while the Latin species name peltigera means wearing a small shield, with reference to the reniform marking on the forewings.
This species can be found in Southern Europe and the Near East, but it is present further north too, because it is a regular migratory species northbound. It is also present in most of Africa (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Tunisia) and in Asia, ranging to China and Laos.
This heat-loving species occurs mainly on hot wastelands and warm slopes. Heliothis peltigera has a wingspan of 29–40 mm and forewings reaching a length of 16–19 mm. These moths are rather variable in pattern and colour.
Forewings are usually greyish ochreous, flushed with pale brown, except the narrow marginal area; lines are brown, indistinct; orbicular stigma is a dark dot. On middle of costa there is a reniform grey dot, with dark brown edge and centre, joined to a brown mark. A brown band... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a The Bordered Straw sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 180th 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 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a The Bordered Straw in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months. Those are among Porto's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 140 mm in January.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most The Bordered Straw 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.
6th of 11
Of the 11 cities where we can rate The Bordered Straw sightings, Porto ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 30%), Valencia (Spain, about 20%) and Marrakesh (Morocco, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the The Bordered Straw that you can see in Porto (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Variegated Cutworm Moth (about 20%), Armyworm Moth (about 20%) and Scarce Merveille Du Jour (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the The Bordered Straw is recorded against all the insects logged in Porto (31 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.
