Hecatera bicolorata
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The broad-barred white (Hecatera bicolorata) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is distributed throughout Europe and is also found in Turkey, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, western Siberia and China.
This is a fairly small (wingspan 28–35 mm) distinctive species. The white or sometimes bluish-grey forewings are marked with a broad dark olive-fuscous median band. The claviform stigma is black edged; upper stigmata are pale grey with dark centres. The base and outer area of forewing and the head and thorax are pure white. The hindwings are whitish grey with veins and marginal border fuscous. The hindwings are darker in the female.
P. serena Schiff. (= placida Esp., hieracii Scriba, bicolorata Led., intermedia Walk. (17 f)). Forewing bluish grey, the median area dark olive fuscous; claviform stigma black-edged; upper stigmata pale grey with dark centres; hindwing whitish grey, — in female darker, — with veins and marginal border fuscous; — in leuconota Ev. (? = monticola Dup.) (17f) the base and outer area of forewing and the head and thorax are... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Barred White sighting in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 301st most-seen of the 355 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 and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-Barred White in Rotterdam [The Hague] on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–May, the lowest months.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Broad-Barred White sightings, Rotterdam [The Hague] has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Birmingham (United Kingdom, under 5%) and Berlin (Germany, under 5%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Broad-Barred White that you can see in Rotterdam [The Hague] (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), Silver Υ (about 10%) and Lesser Yellow Underwing (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Broad-Barred White is recorded against all the insects logged in Rotterdam [The Hague] (5 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.
