Rhyacia simulans
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Rhyacia simulans, the dotted rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in most of Europe, south to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, east to Turkey, the Caucasus, Tomsk and Minusinsk. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Vienna | 🇦🇹 Austria |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Rustic sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1028th 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Rustic in Vienna on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Vienna, in our data
Vienna is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dotted Rustic sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Dotted Rustic 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 Dotted Rustic is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (8 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.
