Octotoma plicatula
In 3 days ~10%
Octotoma plicatula, the trumpet creeper leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia). Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Trumpet Creeper Leafminer sighting in Washington on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 1330th most-seen of the 1807 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Trumpet Creeper Leafminer in Washington on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Only Washington, in our data
Washington is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Trumpet Creeper Leafminer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Trumpet Creeper Leafminer that you can see in Washington (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Spotted Cucumber Beetle (about 10%), Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (about 10%) and Dogbane Leaf Beetle (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Trumpet Creeper Leafminer is recorded against all the insects logged in Washington (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.
