Pasiphila lunata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pasiphila lunata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1912. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed on both the North and South Island. Larvae feed on Veronica species including on Veronica salicifolia.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1912 and originally named Chloroclystis lunata. In 1928 George Hudson illustrated and discussed this species under that name in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. In 1971 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Pasiphila. The male holotype, collected by Philpott at Wallacetown in Southland, is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.
Philpott described the male adult of this species as follows: ♂. 18-19 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark greenish-fuscous. Palpi 1+1⁄2. Antennae biciliated with long fascicles, ciliations 3. Forewings triangular, costa almost straight, termen slightly bowed, subsinuate on lower half; dark greenish- fuscous; veins marked more or less with black; lines obscure; some faint thin waved green lines near base; median band ochreous except beneath costa, anterior... 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 Pasiphila lunata sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 64th 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 a Pasiphila lunata in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to November, the lowest months.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pasiphila lunata 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 Pasiphila lunata sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pasiphila
The closest relatives of the Pasiphila lunata that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Pasiphila) are Green Broom Pug (about 10%), Pasiphila rubella (about 10%) and Pasiphila punicea (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pasiphila lunata is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (16 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.
