Maliattha signifera

Maliattha signifera

Maliattha signifera

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

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

About the Maliattha signifera

Maliattha signifera is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in south-east Asia, including China, India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand as well as in Australia (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.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte] 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
~10%
2 Hyderabad 🇮🇳 India
~10%
3 Kochi 🇮🇳 India
<5%
4 Pune 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Bengaluru 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Beijing 🇨🇳 China
<5%
7 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Maliattha signifera in Daintree National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Maliattha signifera sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 140th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Maliattha signifera in Daintree National Park?

January

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Maliattha signifera in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March, May and November, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 380 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.

What time of day is best to see a Maliattha signifera?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Maliattha signifera 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 Maliattha signifera?

Only Daintree National Park, in our data

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

Which relatives of the Maliattha signifera live in Daintree National Park?

Same genus: Maliattha

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

Where does the Maliattha signifera sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Maliattha signifera is recorded against all the insects logged in Daintree National Park (23 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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