Brown-Striped Semilooper

Brown-Striped Semilooper

Mocis undata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Tuen Mun

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

12 Verified sightings at Tuen Mun
14 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Brown-Striped Semilooper

Mocis undata, the brown-striped semilooper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, including India and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kozhikode 🇮🇳 India
~20%
2 Ponnani 🇮🇳 India
~20%
3 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
~10%
4 Prayagraj 🇮🇳 India
~10%
5 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
6 Kollam 🇮🇳 India
~10%
7 Chennai 🇮🇳 India
~10%
8 Pune 🇮🇳 India
~10%
9 Tuen Mun 🇨🇳 China
~10%
10 Kolkata 🇮🇳 India
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Tuen Mun?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper sighting in Tuen Mun on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 276th most-seen of the 557 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 Brown-Striped Semilooper in Tuen Mun?

April, June–July and September–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Striped Semilooper in Tuen Mun on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-Striped Semilooper?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Tuen Mun the best place to see a Brown-Striped Semilooper?

9th of 17

Of the 17 cities where we can rate Brown-Striped Semilooper sightings, Tuen Mun ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Kozhikode (India, about 20%), Ponnani (India, about 20%) and Kochi (India, about 10%).

Where does the Brown-Striped Semilooper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-Striped Semilooper is recorded against all the insects logged in Tuen Mun (12 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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