Ichneutica blenheimensis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Ichneutica blenheimensis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found throughout the North, South and the Stewart Islands. This species is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation.
This species was described by Richard William Fereday in 1883 using a female specimen collected by William Skellon in Meanee near Napier. Fereday originally named the species Leucania blenheimensis. In 1887 Edward Meyrick described the male of the species. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under this name in both his 1898 and 1928 publications. In 1971 John S. Dugdale transferred all the New Zealand species in the genus Leucania to the genus Tmetolophota. The lectotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum. In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae. During this review the genus Ichneutica was greatly expanded and the genus Tmetolophota was subsumed into that genus as a synonym. As a result of this review, this species is now known as Ichneutica blenheimensis.
A. V. Chappell described the egg as follows: Pale cream; light brownish with brown... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ichneutica blenheimensis sighting in Rakiura National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 118 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ichneutica blenheimensis in Rakiura National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to November, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ichneutica blenheimensis sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Rakiura National Park, in our data
Rakiura National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ichneutica blenheimensis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Ichneutica
The closest relatives of the Ichneutica blenheimensis that you can see in Rakiura National Park (genus Ichneutica) are New Zealand Cutworm (about 30%), Ichneutica atristriga (about 20%) and Ichneutica mollis (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ichneutica blenheimensis is recorded against all the insects logged in Rakiura National Park (33 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.
