Moss Marble

Moss Marble

Celypha aurofasciana

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

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

10 Verified sightings at Bavarian Forest National Park From 2019 to 2026
10 In 1 park
July Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Moss Marble

Celypha aurofasciana is a small moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is native to Europe and the Palearctic but occurs in some other places as an introduced species. Its wingspan is 12–14 mm. The face is white. The forewings are yellow, strigulated with dark fuscous and striated with leaden grey, more strongly posteriorly. The basal patch and central fascia are dark fuscous, the space between them forming a broad slightly curved pale striated fascia. There is a dark fuscous streak from the costa at 2/3 to the middle of the termen. The hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale yellow; head black; plate of 2 reddish

Adults are on wing from June to July. to eat rotting wood. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Moss Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moss Marble sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 585th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Moss Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park?

June to August

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Moss Marble in Bavarian Forest National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to May, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Moss Marble?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Moss Marble sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Moss Marble?

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 Moss Marble sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Moss Marble sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Moss Marble is recorded against all the insects logged in Bavarian Forest National Park (10 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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