Eccopisa effractella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Eccopisa is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. The genus Eccopisa is monotypic. It contains only the following species: Eccopisa effractella Zeller, 1848 The species name effractella derives from Latin effractus, meaning “broken out”.
This species is present in most of Europe, including British Islands and except Fennoscandia, Ireland and Estonia. The distribution extends from west Portugal, across Central, Southern and Eastern Russia. In the south the area extends to Italy and Greece. These moths mainly occur in cultivated areas of gardens and parks.
Eccopisa effractella can reach a wingspan of 14–16.5 mm (0.55–0.65 in). This species shows brown forewings, black or dark brown eyes and yellowish labial palps. The hind wings are pale brown. In the male, there is a cutout in half of the front edge of the hind wing.
Adults fly from mid May to October, with one to two generations, depending on the location. These moths are nocturnal. The phytophagous larvae live in groups of 7/8 specimens in spun leaves of various deciduous trees. Main host plants include... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Eccopisa effractella sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 205th most-seen of the 1115 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.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eccopisa effractella in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eccopisa effractella sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Bavarian Forest National Park, in our data
Bavarian Forest National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Eccopisa effractella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Eccopisa effractella that you can see in Bavarian Forest National Park (family Pyralidae, Pyralid Snout Moths) are Rosy-Striped Knot-Horn (about 10%), Bee Moth (about 10%) and Dark Pine Knot-Horn (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eccopisa effractella is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (24 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.
