Colasposoma sellatum
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Colasposoma sellatum is a species of leaf beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878. In Australia, it is found around Darwin in the Northern Territory, in the north-east of Queensland and on the Torres Strait Islands. It is the only member of the genus Colasposoma found in Australia, where it is known as a pest of sweet potatoes. 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 a Colasposoma sellatum sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 7 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.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Colasposoma sellatum in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.
Between 4 and 7 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Colasposoma sellatum sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Colasposoma sellatum sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Chrysomelidae
The closest relatives of the Colasposoma sellatum that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Chrysomelidae, Leaf Beetles) are Cassida diomma (about 10%), Laccoptera impressa (about 10%) and Aspidimorpha deusta (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Colasposoma sellatum is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (7 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.
