Ichneutica lindsayorum
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ichneutica lindsayorum is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the southern parts of the North Island and in the South Island. I. lindsayorum is very similar in appearance to I. olivea but has a longer basal streak and lacks the white scaling from the subterminal line on the forewing that can be found on the forewings of I. olivea. The life history of this species is unknown as are the host species of its larvae in the wild. However larvae have been reared on Ozothamnus leptophyllus. The adults of this species are on the wing from December to April.
This species was first described by J. S. Dugdale in 1988 and named Graphania lindsayi. In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae. During this review the genus Ichneutica was greatly expanded and the genus Graphania was subsumed into that genus as a synonym. As a result of this review, this species is would normally have been known as Ichneutica lindsayi. However this name was preoccupied by Ichneutica lindsayi Philpott, 1926, now a synonym of I. dione. Hoare therefore proposed the new name Ichneutica lindsayorum. The female holotype specimen... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ichneutica lindsayorum sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 201 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.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ichneutica lindsayorum in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ichneutica lindsayorum sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Fiordland National Park, in our data
Fiordland National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ichneutica lindsayorum sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ichneutica
The closest relatives of the Ichneutica lindsayorum that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Ichneutica) are New Zealand Cutworm (about 20%), Common Dotted Wainscot (about 10%) and Ichneutica atristriga (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ichneutica lindsayorum is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (20 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.
