Udea ferrugalis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Udea ferrugalis, the rusty dot pearl, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty Dot Pearl sighting in Valencia, Spain on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 20th most-seen of the 147 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and October–December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rusty Dot Pearl in Valencia, Spain on a given day, against about 10% in June to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rusty Dot Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Rusty Dot Pearl sightings, Valencia, Spain has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Antananarivo (Madagascar, about 20%) and Turin (Italy, about 20%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Rusty Dot Pearl that you can see in Valencia, Spain (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Old World Webworm (about 30%), Rush Veneer (about 20%) and Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rusty Dot Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Valencia, Spain (44 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.
