Arched Marble

Arched Marble

Olethreutes arcuella

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

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

23 Verified sightings at Bavarian Forest National Park From 2019 to 2026
43 In all 2 parks
June Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Arched Marble

Olethreutes arcuella, the arched marble, is a colorful small moth species of the family Tortricidae. These moths inhabit woodland, fields, hill pasture and heaths. Olethreutes arcuella has a wingspan of 14–18 mm. Forewings of these medium size moths have an orange-rufous ground colour, with some yellow patches, a few metallic blue-grey or silver-colored streaks and a wide black marking in the middle, which includes a row of three small, silver colored spots. The hindwings are brown. The caterpillars are purplish- gray to violet-brown and have a yellowish-brown head.

This species is quite similar to Olethreutes subtilana, but has rather narrower wings. This species usually has one generation (univoltine). The flight time of these day-active moths ranges between late May and August. The caterpillars feed on dead... Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
2 Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%
3 Warsaw 🇵🇱 Poland
~10%
4 Munich 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
5 Bucharest 🇷🇴 Romania
<5%
6 Kyiv 🇺🇦 Ukraine
<5%
7 Nizhny Novgorod 🇷🇺 Russia
<5%
8 Prague 🇨🇿 Czechia
<5%
9 Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finland
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Arched Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Arched Marble sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 23 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 189th most-seen of the 1115 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 an Arched Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park?

June

In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arched Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Arched Marble?

Between 2 and 5 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arched Marble sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Bavarian Forest National Park the best place to see an Arched Marble?

Yes

Of the 2 parks where we can rate Arched Marble sightings, Bavarian Forest National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, about 10%).

Where does the Arched Marble sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Arched Marble is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest 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.

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