Palpita rhodocosta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Palpita rhodocosta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1997. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wings are translucent with brown-edged spots and a rusty brown costa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Palpita rhodocosta 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.
April and June–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Palpita rhodocosta in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and September–March, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain a month against 380 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Palpita rhodocosta sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Palpita rhodocosta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Palpita
The closest relatives of the Palpita rhodocosta that you can see in Daintree National Park (genus Palpita, Palpita Moths) are Palpita austrannulata (about 10%) and Palpita horakae (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palpita rhodocosta 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.
