Bastilla dicoela
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Daintree National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

5 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
5 In 1 park
August Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Bastilla dicoela

Bastilla dicoela is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1909. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Bastilla dicoela in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bastilla dicoela sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 745th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Bastilla dicoela in Daintree National Park?

May and July–August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bastilla dicoela in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 75 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.

What time of day is best to see a Bastilla dicoela?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bastilla dicoela sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see a Bastilla dicoela?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bastilla dicoela sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Bastilla dicoela live in Daintree National Park?

Same genus: Bastilla

The closest relatives of the Bastilla dicoela that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Bastilla) are Bastilla solomonensis (about 10%) and Bastilla absentimacula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Bastilla dicoela sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Bastilla dicoela is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (5 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.

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