Mesoligia furuncula
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Mesoligia furuncula, the cloaked minor, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, northwest Africa, Russia, Siberia, Japan, north Iran, Afghanistan, and China (Qinghai and Shaanxi). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 3 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Helsinki | 🇫🇮 Finland | |
| 5 | Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Essen | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Rotterdam [The Hague] | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 8 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Paris | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cloaked Minor sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 666th most-seen of the 1406 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.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cloaked Minor in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months. That is one of Vienna's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cloaked Minor sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
16th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Cloaked Minor sightings, Vienna ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Liverpool (United Kingdom, about 20%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and London (United Kingdom, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Cloaked Minor that you can see in Vienna (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Silver Υ (about 20%), Large Yellow Underwing (about 10%) and Cotton Bollworm Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cloaked Minor is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (23 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.
