Acoloithus falsarius
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Acoloithus falsarius, or Clemens' false skeletonizer, is a moth species in the zygaenid subfamily Procridinae. The species occurs in North America and was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. A. falsarius has Hodges number 4629 and is the type species of genus Acoloithus.
Larvae are known to feed on Vitis spp. and Ampelopsis spp. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Clemens' False Skeletonizer sighting in Baltimore on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 620th most-seen of the 705 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.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clemens' False Skeletonizer in Baltimore on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Clemens' False Skeletonizer sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Baltimore, in our data
Baltimore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Clemens' False Skeletonizer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Zygaenidae
The closest relatives of the Clemens' False Skeletonizer that you can see in Baltimore (family Zygaenidae, Burnet Moths) are Sinica sinica (about 10%) and Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clemens' False Skeletonizer is recorded against all the insects logged in Baltimore (5 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.
