Plutodes flavescens
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Plutodes flavescens is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas and on Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plutodes flavescens sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 168th most-seen of the 297 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plutodes flavescens in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, July–August and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plutodes flavescens sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plutodes flavescens sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Plutodes flavescens that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Ourapteryx claretta (about 20%), Hypochrosis hyadaria (about 20%) and Ourapteryx incaudata (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plutodes flavescens is recorded against all the insects logged in Kinabalu Park (7 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.
