Aureopterix sterops
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Aureopterix sterops is a moth of the family Micropterigidae. It is known from eastern Australia, where it is known from northern Queensland, in wet coastal or elevated coastal forest between Mount Finnigan and Kirrama State Forest.
The forewing length is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) for males and 3.1 millimetres (0.12 in) for females. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Aureopterix sterops sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 567th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Aureopterix sterops in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 380 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Aureopterix sterops sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Aureopterix sterops sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Aureopterix sterops that you can see in Daintree National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Four O'clock Moth (about 50%), Orange Bushbrown (about 40%) and Great Eggfly (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Aureopterix sterops is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
