Cydalima diaphanalis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cydalima diaphanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Burma, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Kepulauan Aru, Papua New Guinea), on the Solomon Islands and in Thailand and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and South Australia.
The wings are white with a small black dot near the middle. The forewings have a brown costa and there are black dots on the margin near the wingtip. 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 Cydalima diaphanalis sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 339th most-seen of the 856 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cydalima diaphanalis in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and August–January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cydalima diaphanalis sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cydalima diaphanalis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cydalima diaphanalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (13 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.
