Proteodes profunda
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Proteodes profunda is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been collected in its type locality of Mount Holdsworth in the Tararua Range, Raurimu near Tongariru National Park, at Days Bay in Wellington, at Mount Arthur, Otira, Invercargill, and in Southland. P. profunda lives in beech forests at altitudes of around 2000 ft and larvae feed on beech tree leaves. Adults of this species are on the wing from November to February.
This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using a male specimen collected by George Hudson at Mount Holdsworth in Wellington at 2000 ft. The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Meyrick described the species as follows:
♂. 20 mm. Head ochreous, mixed on sides with dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, extreme apex of second and terminal joints pale ochreous. Antennae, fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, somewhat mixed partially with whitish-ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous mixed with ochreous-whitish; at base a pair of oblique narrow bladder-like membranes above. Fore-wings broad, suboblong, rather dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched,... 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 Proteodes profunda 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 40th 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 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Proteodes profunda in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Proteodes profunda sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and 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 Proteodes profunda sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Proteodes
The closest relatives of the Proteodes profunda that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Proteodes) are Mountain Beech Flat Moth (about 10%) and Proteodes smithi (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Proteodes profunda 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.
