Maliattha synochitis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Maliattha synochitis, the black-dotted maliattha or black-dotted lithacodia, is an owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868. The MONA or Hodges number for Maliattha synochitis is 9049. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 200 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 189th most-seen of the 1624 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.
March and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Dotted Glyph sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 10 cities where we can rate Black-Dotted Glyph sightings, Austin has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Dallas (United States, about 10%) and Toronto (Canada, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Dotted Glyph is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (200 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.
