Sameodes cancellalis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Sameodes cancellalis, also called the Banded Pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands, and Queensland, Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamshedpur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Vadodara | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Thrissur | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kolkata | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Chennai | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Hyderabad | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | New Delhi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 10 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Pearl sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 47th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Pearl in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Pearl 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.
2nd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Banded Pearl sightings, Daintree National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Kanha National Park (India, about 30%).
Same family: Crambidae
The closest relatives of the Banded Pearl that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Tetrernia teminitis (about 20%), Bean Leafroller (about 20%) and Glyphodes canthusalis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (43 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.
