Litoligia literosa
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Mesoligia literosa, the rosy minor, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found throughout Europe, North Africa and western Asia. and east across the Palearctic to Siberia.
The wingspan is 23–30 mm. Forewing violet grey, with a partial rosy-brown flush; the costa, cell, and median area dark fuscous, the costa often remaining pale; inner and outer lines dark, conversely edged with pale, the inner strongly outcurved below middle, closely approximated to the erect lower half of outer line; a black bar from line to line along submedian fold; claviform stigma obsolete, or minute; orbicular grey, with edge only black margined, the margin straight and forming nearly a straight line with the lower half of outer line; submarginal line pale grey, the shade before it red brown, the terminal area dark grey; hindwing greyish fuscous; in the ab. constricta ab. nov. [Warren] principally confined to the males, the median area between the two lines is narrowed and much darker, especially in the two folds, and the red flush is less developed; — the form subarcta Stgr. from Sicily, Palestine... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 2 | London | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Minor sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 211th most-seen of the 479 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.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rosy Minor in Sierra Nevada National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra Nevada National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain against 130 mm in March.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rosy Minor 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Rosy Minor sightings, Sierra Nevada National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Wadden Sea National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Rosy Minor that you can see in Sierra Nevada National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Turnip Moth (about 20%), The Bordered Straw (about 20%) and Silver Υ (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rosy Minor is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra Nevada National Park (19 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.
