Monoctenia falernaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Patched Leaf Moth sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd 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 and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Patched Leaf Moth in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Patched Leaf Moth 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 Great Otway National Park, in our data
Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Patched Leaf Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Patched Leaf Moth that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Australian Pug Moth (about 20%), Varied Grey Moth (about 20%) and Plantain Moth (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Patched Leaf Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway 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.
