Gonitis involuta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Anomis involuta, the jute looper or hibiscus cutworm, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has a wide distribution, including the Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Society Islands and Australia (including Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Norfolk Island). It is also known from Kenya and Somalia.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Jute Looper sighting in Springbrook National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 429 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Jute Looper in Springbrook National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jute Looper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Springbrook National Park, in our data
Springbrook National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jute Looper sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Jute Looper that you can see in Springbrook National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Eilema plana (about 20%), Asian Magpie Moth (about 20%) and Ercheia dubia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jute Looper is recorded against all the insects logged in Springbrook National Park (40 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.
