Stericta carbonalis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Stericta carbonalis (formerly known as Helia carbonalis).. is a moth native to Australia, found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and Western Australia. It has recently also been established in New Zealand, first recorded in 2009 on Banks Peninsula. Wikipedia →
| # | 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 Stericta carbonalis sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 253rd 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March–April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Stericta carbonalis in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stericta carbonalis 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 Stericta carbonalis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Stericta carbonalis that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Pyralidae, Pyralid Snout Moths) are Wattle Gall Moth (about 20%), Mimaglossa nauplialis (about 10%) and Spectrotrota fimbrialis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stericta carbonalis is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (8 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.
