Narrow-Winged Grey

Narrow-Winged Grey

Eudonia angustea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Pyrénées National Park

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

24 Verified sightings at Pyrénées National Park From 2019 to 2026
130 In all 6 parks
November Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Narrow-Winged Grey

Eudonia angustea is a moth of the family Crambidae described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in southern and western Europe, the Canary Islands, Madeira and Turkey. The wingspan is 17–22 mm (0.67–0.87 in). The forewings are narrow, whitish, mixed with brownish and sprinkled with black; base darker; lines whitish, dark-edged, first oblique, second sinuate; orbicular outlined with black; claviform black, touching first line; a black X-shaped discal mark, upper half filled with light brownish; subterminal line cloudy, whitish, hardly touching second. Hindwings are whitish-grey, terminally obscurely darker. The larva is blackish-grey, slightly greenish-tinged; spots darker or almost black; head pale brown; plate of 2 dark brown or almost black.

Adults are on wing from July to late autumn. The larvae feed on mosses on walls and in sand dunes. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~20%
2 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
3 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
4 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
5 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
6 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
2 Rome 🇮🇹 Italy
~10%
3 London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
4 Lyon 🇫🇷 France
~10%
5 Liverpool 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
6 Paris 🇫🇷 France
~10%
7 Lisbon 🇵🇹 Portugal
~10%
8 Madrid 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
9 Birmingham 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
~10%
10 Barcelona 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Narrow-Winged Grey in Pyrénées National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Narrow-Winged Grey sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 479th most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Narrow-Winged Grey in Pyrénées National Park?

November

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Narrow-Winged Grey in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Narrow-Winged Grey?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Narrow-Winged Grey sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Is Pyrénées National Park the best place to see a Narrow-Winged Grey?

6th of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Narrow-Winged Grey sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 20%), Cévennes National Park (France, about 10%) and Doñana National Park (Spain, about 10%).

Which relatives of the Narrow-Winged Grey live in Pyrénées National Park?

Same genus: Eudonia

The closest relatives of the Narrow-Winged Grey that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Eudonia) are Small Grey (about 10%) and Little Grey (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Narrow-Winged Grey sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Narrow-Winged Grey is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (24 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.

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