Pseudoips prasinana
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Pseudoips prasinana, the green silver-lines, is a moth of the family Nolidae, common in wooded regions, and having a wingspan of 30–35 mm. It is found in the Palearctic realm (north and central Europe, Russia, Siberia, Korea, Japan).
Forewing yellow green; costal edge pink, diffused towards apex; inner marginal area pink-suffused, except towards base; inner and outer lines oblique, darker green, conversely edged with white, the outer sometimes pink; subterminal line white, curved into apex: fringe pink with a white line at base; hindwing yellow; fringe pale pink, white at tips from apex to vein 2: abdomen white, dorsally suffused with yellow; in the female the abdomen is white, tinged with brown at base: forewing with costal edge white, and inner margin yellow; hindwing white. Larva apple green coarsely shagreened with yellow; the subdorsal line yellow; segment... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 4 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green Silver-Lines sighting in Vienna on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 643rd 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.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green Silver-Lines in Vienna on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green Silver-Lines sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
9th of 10
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Green Silver-Lines sightings, Vienna ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Porto (Portugal, about 20%), Kharkiv (Ukraine, about 10%) and Essen (Germany, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Green Silver-Lines that you can see in Vienna (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Blue (about 20%), Scarce Swallowtail (about 20%) and Meadow Brown (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green Silver-Lines is recorded against all the insects logged in Vienna (19 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.
