Pasiphila rubella
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Pasiphila rubella is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1915. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. P. rubella inhabit the upper edges of native forest at elevations of up to 4000 ft. Adults are commonly on the wing in December and January and have an affinity for Veronica odora. They are attracted to light. Larvae feed on the flowers of Veronica species.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1915 using specimens collected by Stewart Lindsay and Walter Oliver at Bold Peak in the Humboldt Range in December as well as specimens collected by Merlin Owen Pasco at Ben Lomond. Philpott originally named the species Chlorolystis rubella. 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 Charles C. Fenwick at Bold Peak in Otago, is held at Te Papa.
Philpott described the adults of this species as follows: ♂♀. 28-29 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen dark greenish- fuscous... 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 rubella 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 56th 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.
March and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pasiphila rubella 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 Pasiphila rubella sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 rubella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Pasiphila
The closest relatives of the Pasiphila rubella that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Pasiphila) are Green Broom Pug (about 10%), Pasiphila lunata (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 rubella 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.
