Jodia croceago
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Jodia croceago, the orange upperwing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in southern and central Europe, to the north up to the southern half of England and Wales. According to Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 also in Algeria, Asia Minor, and Armenia.
X. croceago F. (= aurantiago Don.) (35 f). Forewing dark yellow, thickly irrorated with orange red, in a few instances with blackish dusting; the costa with 4 white dashes in median area; lines generally marked with olive grey, sometimes blackish; inner line pale, waved, edged externally by darker, angled outwards in submedian interval; outer line at 3/4, curved, marked by dark veinspots; upper stigmata large, pale orange, with yellow annuli, the reniform 8-shaped and projecting outwards below cell; median shade broad, dark grey, running from inner margin to outer dark edge of reniform, along which it appears to run, its upper arm from costa above orbicular being more or less obscured and often obsolete, distinct only in the darker orange and black-speckled examples; submarginal line grey, sinuous... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Upperwing sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 473rd most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April and December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Orange Upperwing in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and May–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Orange Upperwing sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, in our data
Sierra de Guadarrama National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Orange Upperwing sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Orange Upperwing that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Silver Υ (about 10%), Turnip Moth (about 10%) and Common Quaker (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Orange Upperwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama 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.
