Chrysolarentia plagiocausta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Chrysolarentia plagiocausta, the black-lined carpet, is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1904. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chrysolarentia plagiocausta sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 418 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.
March–April, August–October and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chrysolarentia plagiocausta in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–July and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chrysolarentia plagiocausta sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Great Otway National Park, in our data
Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chrysolarentia plagiocausta sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Chrysolarentia
The closest relatives of the Chrysolarentia plagiocausta that you can see in Great Otway National Park (genus Chrysolarentia) are Finely-Lined Carpet (about 10%), Mecynata Moth (about 10%) and Finely-Marked Carpet (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chrysolarentia plagiocausta is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (12 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.
