Celery Pine Looper

Celery Pine Looper

Pseudocoremia monacha

Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Auckland

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

17 Verified sightings at Auckland
5 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Celery Pine Looper

Pseudocoremia monacha is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Adults of this species pollinate Veronica salicifolia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Celery Pine Looper in Auckland?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Celery Pine Looper sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 425th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Celery Pine Looper in Auckland?

June and December–January

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Celery Pine Looper in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and July–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Celery Pine Looper?

Between 9 pm and midnight

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Celery Pine Looper 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.

Where else can you see a Celery Pine Looper?

Only Auckland, in our data

Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Celery Pine Looper sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Celery Pine Looper live in Auckland?

Same genus: Pseudocoremia

The closest relatives of the Celery Pine Looper that you can see in Auckland (genus Pseudocoremia) are Common Forest Looper (about 10%), Forest Looper (about 10%) and Brown Forest Flash (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Celery Pine Looper sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Celery Pine Looper is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (17 verified sightings), 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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