Brown-Bar Moth

Brown-Bar Moth

Maliattha amorpha

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

9 Verified sightings at Daintree National Park From 2019 to 2026
81 In all 4 parks
February Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~20%
2 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
3 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%
4 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Brisbane 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Brown-Bar Moth in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Bar Moth sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 457th 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.

When is the best time to see a Brown-Bar Moth in Daintree National Park?

February

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Brown-Bar Moth in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Brown-Bar Moth?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown-Bar Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Which relatives of the Brown-Bar Moth live in Daintree National Park?

Same genus: Maliattha

The closest relatives of the Brown-Bar Moth that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Maliattha) are Maliattha signifera (about 10%) and Maliattha ritsemae (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Brown-Bar Moth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Brown-Bar Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (9 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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