Yellow-Banded Day-Moth

Yellow-Banded Day-Moth

Eutrichopidia latinus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Great Otway National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

14 Verified sightings at Great Otway National Park From 2019 to 2026
14 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-Banded Day-Moth

Eutrichopidia latinus is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from eastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The larvae feed on Hibbertia obtusifolia and Haloragis teucriodes. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth in Great Otway National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 146th 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.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth in Great Otway National Park?

November

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Banded 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.

Where else can you see a Yellow-Banded Day-Moth?

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 Yellow-Banded Day-Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Yellow-Banded Day-Moth live in Great Otway National Park?

Same family: Noctuidae

The closest relatives of the Yellow-Banded Day-Moth that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Bogong Moth (about 20%), Southern Armyworm (about 20%) and Brown Cutworm (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Yellow-Banded Day-Moth sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Banded Day-Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (14 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.

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