Cricula trifenestrata
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Cricula trifenestrata, the cricula silkmoth, is a species of wild silk moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found from India to the Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, and Sri Lanka. The wingspan is 65–100 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June with a possible second brood from August to September. Male is brown, ochreous, yellowish to reddish. Forewings are consisted with a waved anti-medial dark line and a small hyaline spot beyond the end of the cell, with one or two others above it. The upper one is a dark spot. Hindwings with oblique line continued to the inner margin before the middle. There is a hyaline spot beyond the cell. Ventral side is much purple.
Female is red. There are three large irregularly shaped hyaline spots beyond the cell of the forewing, often with one or two small sides inside them. Larva is blackish brown with red spots in color and hairy. There are six setiferous tubercles in each somite from 2nd to 11th. First somite and anal claspers are crimson colored. Legs and prolegs are brown colored.
The larvae have been recorded on Anacardium, Mangifera, Spondias, Careya, Bischofia, Canarium, Quercus, Cinnamomum, Machilus, Persea, Acrocarpus, Ziziphus... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasikmalaya | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cricula Silkmoth sighting in Periyar National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Cricula Silkmoth in Periyar National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and December–April, the lowest months. That is one of Periyar National Park's wettest months, with about 330 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cricula Silkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Cricula Silkmoth sightings, Periyar National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Cricula Silkmoth that you can see in Periyar National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Marbled White Moth (about 50%), Tamil Yeoman (about 40%) and Glad-Eye Bushbrown (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cricula Silkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Periyar National Park (9 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.
