Ethmia elutella
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ethmia elutella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found from Panama to Venezuela and Trinidad. There is also a record from Chile. The length of the forewings is 6.3–8.3 mm (0.25–0.33 in). The ground color of the forewings is white, mostly obscured by grayish clouding or ill-defined blotches basally and through the costal half except along the costa on the distal one-third. The ground color of the hindwings is pale gray except under the costal hair pencil, where it is pale ocherous. Adults are on wing in February, March and May. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ethmia elutella sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 124th most-seen of the 346 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ethmia elutella in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–May and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ethmia elutella sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Main Ridge Forest Reserve, in our data
Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ethmia elutella sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Ethmia elutella that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Virbia medarda (about 40%), Red Peacock (about 40%) and Checkered Apogeshna Moth (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ethmia elutella is recorded against all the insects logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (17 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.
