Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle

Aspidimorpha miliaris

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Taipei

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

320 Verified sightings at Taipei
June 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 Taipei?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sighting in Taipei on a given day, based on 320 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 765 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

June

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle in Taipei on a given day, against about 10% in January to March, the lowest months. That is one of Taipei's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain against 90 mm in February.

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 Taipei the best place to see a Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle?

3rd of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle sightings, Taipei ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Tasikmalaya (Indonesia, about 30%) and Taichung (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 Taipei (320 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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