Atteva hysginiella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Atteva hysginiella is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. The larvae feed on Castela galapageia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Atteva hysginiella sighting in Galápagos Islands on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 83 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.
January and March–August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Atteva hysginiella in Galápagos Islands on a given day, against under 5% in February and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Atteva hysginiella sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Galápagos Islands, in our data
Galápagos Islands is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Atteva hysginiella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Atteva hysginiella that you can see in Galápagos Islands (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Ramon Blue (about 20%), Monarch (about 20%) and Dorantes Longtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Atteva hysginiella is recorded against all the insects logged in Galápagos Islands (35 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.
