Leucinodes laisalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Leucinodes laisalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described as Megaphysa laisalis by Francis Walker based on material collected in the Cape Province of South Africa. The wingspan is 20–34 mm. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism, with females being somewhat larger. The forewing ground colour ranges from orange to grey brown.
It is mainly distributed in Africa, where it is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It has also been recorded from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, which probably do not represent native occurrences of the species but rather unintentional introductions along with imports of eggplants, tomatoes and other Solanaceae, the species' host plants. In southern Spain, the species is established since at least 1958 and has extended its range to Portugal, with a spread rate of 5.51–11.51 km/year.
Like all species of the tribe Lineodini, the larvae of L. laisalis exclusively... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Tipped Pearl sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 392nd most-seen of the 748 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown Tipped Pearl in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in February.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brown Tipped Pearl sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brown Tipped Pearl sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Brown Tipped Pearl is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (10 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.
