Ichneutica dione
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Ichneutica dione is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This moth species is closely related to I. ceraunias and is very similar in appearance to that species. However I. dione has a much more restrictive range, being found only in the alpine zone and hills of the South Island and is less commonly collected. Adults of the species are on the wing from December to February and although sometimes can be found flying during the day, they are more commonly seen at night.
I. dione was first described by George Hudson in his book New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). Hudson used a specimen collected by C. W. Palmer on Mount Arthur at an altitude of around 1350m. The holotype specimen is held at Te Papa Tongarewa. Hudson went on to illustrate and discuss this species in 1928. In 1988 Dugdale confirmed this species belonged in the Ichneutica genus. Robert J. B. Hoare, while undertaking a major review of New Zealand noctuids, inspected the holotype specimen of this species and confirmed its placement within the genus Ichneutica. In that review Hoare also synonymised I. lindsayi into I. dione. Hoare based this decision on the similarity... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lindsay's Alpine Owlet sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 147th most-seen of the 201 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lindsay's Alpine Owlet in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and March–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lindsay's Alpine Owlet sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 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 Lindsay's Alpine Owlet sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ichneutica
The closest relatives of the Lindsay's Alpine Owlet 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 Lindsay's Alpine Owlet is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (15 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.
