Banded Pearl

Banded Pearl

Sameodes cancellalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Thrissur

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

6 Verified sightings at Thrissur
82 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
March Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Banded Pearl

Sameodes cancellalis, also called the Banded Pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands, and Queensland, Australia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
3 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
4 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Jamshedpur 🇮🇳 India
~30%
2 Vadodara 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Harare 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~20%
4 Thrissur 🇮🇳 India
~20%
5 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~10%
6 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 New Delhi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
10 Mumbai 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Banded Pearl in Thrissur?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Pearl sighting in Thrissur on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 93 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 Banded Pearl in Thrissur?

March and April

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Pearl in Thrissur on a given day, against under 5% in August to February, the lowest months. Those are among Thrissur's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 440 mm in June.

What time of day is best to see a Banded Pearl?

Between 8 and 11 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Thrissur the best place to see a Banded Pearl?

4th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Banded Pearl sightings, Thrissur ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Jamshedpur (India, about 30%), Vadodara (India, about 20%) and Harare (Zimbabwe, about 20%).

Where does the Banded Pearl sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Banded Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Thrissur (6 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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