Phalaenoides tristifica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Phalaenoides tristifica, the willow-herb day, is a moth of the family Noctuidae that is native to southeastern Australia. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Willow-Herb Day-Moth sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 418 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Willow-Herb Day-Moth in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to September, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Willow-Herb Day-Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Willow-Herb Day-Moth sightings, Great Otway National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kosciuszko National Park (Australia, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Willow-Herb Day-Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway 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.
