Pasiphila plinthina
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Pasiphila plinthina is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in both the North, South and Stewart Islands. It is on the wing mainly from June until September with occasional observations up to December, and is attracted to light. This species is similar in appearance to P. sandycias but can be distinguished from it as P. plinthina has palpi that are longer and has more blurred forewing markings.
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. The male holotype specimen was collected by A. Purdie in July in Wellington and it is held at the Natural History Museum, London. George Hudson in his 1898 book New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera) placed this species in the Chloroclystis genus. Hudson confirmed this placement in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. However, in 1988 J. S. Dugdale, in his catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera, returned this species to the Pasiphila genus. In 2012 this placement was confirmed in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.
Meyrick described the species as follows: Male. — 19 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous, irrorated... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pasiphila plinthina sighting in Egmont National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 153rd most-seen of the 191 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pasiphila plinthina in Egmont National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pasiphila plinthina sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Egmont National Park, in our data
Egmont National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pasiphila plinthina sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pasiphila
The closest relatives of the Pasiphila plinthina that you can see in Egmont National Park (genus Pasiphila) are Pasiphila bilineolata (about 10%) and Pasiphila dryas (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pasiphila plinthina is recorded against all the insects logged in Egmont National Park (6 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.
