Macarostola miniella
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Macarostola miniella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is only found in the North Island and the adult moths have two different colour variations. This species was first described by Baron Cajetan von Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875 under the name Stathmopoda miniella. Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Gracilaria ethela in 1880. Meyrick synonymised this name with S. miniella in 1889. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Parectopa miniella in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Macraostola in 1988. The holotype specimen, collected in Auckland, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.
Meyrick described the species as follows: ♂︎♀︎. 11-13mm. Head yellow on crown, crimson behind, face snow-white with two pale crimson spots. Palpi white, second joint crimson. Thorax yellow, anterior margin and a posterior spot crimson. Forewings pale yellow, deeper towards inner margin; a bright crimson undulating central streak from base to apex, sometimes margined... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Macarostola miniella sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 275th most-seen of the 689 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.
December to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Macarostola miniella in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Macarostola miniella sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Macarostola miniella is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (22 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.
