Maliattha synochitis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Maliattha synochitis, the black-dotted maliattha or black-dotted lithacodia, is an owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868. The MONA or Hodges number for Maliattha synochitis is 9049. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph sighting in Acadia National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 245th most-seen of the 405 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph in Acadia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Dotted Glyph 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 Black-Dotted Glyph sightings, Acadia National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Shenandoah National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Black-Dotted Glyph that you can see in Acadia National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are American Dagger (about 10%), Brown-Hooded Owlet (about 10%) and Eastern Panthea Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Dotted Glyph is recorded against all the insects logged in Acadia 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.
