Burren Green

Burren Green

Calamia tridens

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

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

5 Verified sightings at Vanoise National Park From 2019 to 2026
13 In all 2 parks
August Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Burren Green

Calamia tridens, the Burren Green, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The wingspan is 37–42 mm. The length of the forewings is 17–18 mm. Whitish green, of the o more or less suffused with grey except along costa, showing a pale curved outer band; fringe white; — in ab. immaculata Stgr. the whole forewing is uniformly green, with no race of a white reniform. and the hindwings of the male are not fuscous; — ab. thalassina ab. nov. [Warren] has the forewing glossy dark sea-green, with the outer half of fringe greenish; the hindwing green flushed with

darker green and the veins green: head and thorax sea green like the forewings; the abdomen white as in typical virens: the description is made from 1 male and 2 females in the Tring Museum, unfortunately without locality label, but probably of German origin; 1 female has a diffuse whitish smear on the discocellular, the others are immaculate: the ab. rufata ab. nov. [Warren] has the reniform filled up with rufous fuscous or with the white discocellular edged with rufous, and the whole hindwing brownish grey with the fringe white.

The moth flies in one generation from late June to September.[1] The larvae feed... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Vanoise National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
2 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%
3 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Burren Green in Vanoise National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Burren Green sighting in Vanoise National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 252nd most-seen of the 308 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Burren Green in Vanoise National Park?

August

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Burren Green in Vanoise National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Burren Green?

Between 10 pm and 1 am

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

Is Vanoise National Park the best place to see a Burren Green?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Burren Green sightings, Vanoise National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%).

Which relatives of the Burren Green live in Vanoise National Park?

Same family: Noctuidae

The closest relatives of the Burren Green that you can see in Vanoise National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Brown-Line Bright-Eye (about 10%), Pale Shining Brown (about 10%) and Sweet Gale Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Burren Green sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Burren Green is recorded against all the insects logged in Vanoise National Park (5 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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