Trichaeta pterophorina
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Trichaeta pterophorina is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1892. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 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 Trichaeta pterophorina sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 315th 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, August and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Trichaeta pterophorina in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July, September–October and December–April, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in February.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Trichaeta pterophorina 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 Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Trichaeta pterophorina sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Trichaeta pterophorina that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Sundowner Moth (about 20%), Creamstriped Owl (about 10%) and Crimson-Speckled Flunkey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Trichaeta pterophorina is recorded against all the insects logged in Kruger National Park (13 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.
