Perinaenia accipiter
In 3 days ~10%
Perinaenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Perinaenia accipiter, was first described by Felder in 1874. It is here provisionally treated as separate from Xestia, though it seems closely related. Its closest living relatives are not resolved and thus the genus' eventual fate depends on how Xestia is treated.
This species is known from western China, northern India, Tibet and Japan. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Tokyo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Perinaenia accipiter sighting in Tokyo on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 929th most-seen of the 1013 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Perinaenia accipiter in Tokyo on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Tokyo, in our data
Tokyo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Perinaenia accipiter sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Perinaenia accipiter that you can see in Tokyo (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Japanese Nine-Spotted Moth (about 10%), Ramie Moth (about 10%) and Brown-Striped Semilooper (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Perinaenia accipiter is recorded against all the insects logged in Tokyo (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.
