Botyodes principalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Botyodes principalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1889. It is found in China, India, Russia, Taiwan and Japan. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Tokyo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Botyodes principalis sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 585th most-seen of the 1013 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Botyodes principalis in Tokyo on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months. That is one of Tokyo's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 75 mm in February.
Only Tokyo, in our data
Tokyo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Botyodes principalis sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Botyodes principalis that you can see in Tokyo (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 10%) and Lilac Pyralid (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Botyodes principalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (13 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.
