Merocroca automima
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Merocroca automima is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is the only species in the genus Merocroca. It is found in southeastern Australia. Adults are primarily yellow or light brown in coloration with large brown distal areas on the forewings and dark brown hindwings. Most adult activity occurs during the months of October and November. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Merocroca automima sighting in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 337th most-seen of the 789 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Merocroca automima in Blue Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to August, the lowest months. That is one of Blue Mountains National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 150 mm in March.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Merocroca automima sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Blue Mountains National Park, in our data
Blue Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Merocroca automima sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Oecophoridae
The closest relatives of the Merocroca automima that you can see in Blue Mountains National Park (family Oecophoridae, Concealer Moths) are Tortricopsis pyroptis (about 10%), Philobota protecta (about 10%) and Hoplostega ochroma (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Merocroca automima is recorded against all the insects logged in Blue Mountains National Park (14 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.
