Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Aspidimorpha miliaris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Singapore

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

113 Verified sightings at Singapore
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Aspidimorpha miliaris is a widespread Asian species of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. The genus name is frequently misspelled as "Aspidomorpha", due to an unjustified spelling change in 1848 [1]. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tasikmalaya 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~30%
2 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
3 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%
4 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
5 Denpasar 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
6 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
7 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%
8 Manila 🇵🇭 Philippines
~10%
9 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
10 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Singapore?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 223rd most-seen of the 1045 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.

When is the best time to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Singapore?

March–July and September–December

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Singapore the best place to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle?

10th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sightings, Singapore ranks 10th at about 10%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 30%), Taichung (Taiwan, about 20%) and Taipei (Taiwan, about 20%).

Where does the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Singapore (113 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.

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