Glyphidocera lactiflosella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Glyphidocera lactiflosella, the five-spotted glyphidocera moth, is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
The wingspan is about 12.7 mm. The forewings are pale cream color, sparsely dusted with brown, and a small brown spot touching the fold above, close to the base of the wing, another a little further back, near the middle two spots, one on the fold, the other on the disc. These two last spots are sometimes confluent. There is a transverse brown streak at the end of the cell, and a distinct brown line curving around the base of the apical cilia. The hindwings are white, tinged with silvery. Adults are on wing from January to October. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sighting in Austin on a given day, based on 43 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 538th most-seen of the 1624 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Glyphidocera in Austin on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Austin, in our data
Austin is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Five-Spotted Glyphidocera is recorded against all the insects logged in Austin (43 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.
