Callopistria cordata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Callopistria cordata, the silver-spotted fern moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (the owlet moths). It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Callopistria cordata is 9633. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-Spotted Fern Moth sighting in Acadia National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 111th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Silver-Spotted Fern Moth in Acadia National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver-Spotted Fern Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Acadia National Park, in our data
Acadia National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Silver-Spotted Fern Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Silver-Spotted Fern Moth 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 Silver-Spotted Fern Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Acadia National Park (23 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.
