Dyseriocrania griseocapitella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Dyseriocrania griseocapitella (Chinquapin leaf-miner) is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Illinois and Mississippi. The wingspan is 10–13 mm for males and 9-12.5 mm for females. The forewings are golden bronze, heavily mottled with minute specks of darker scales. The hindwings are paler, grayish with a slight purplish luster, sparsely covered with moderately broad scales. The moth flies from late February to late May in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Castanea and Quercus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow, linear passage extending toward the leaf margin. This early stage of the mine is usually obliterated as the mine is enlarged. Immediately following the serpentine stage, the mine broadens to form a large, somewhat inflated blotch. Full-grown larvae drop to the ground and burrow into the soil. Here, they create a relatively tough oval cocoon of silk and small particles of soil. The larvae have a dark brown body and a pale brown to light yellow head. Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chinquapin Leafminer Moth sighting in Boston on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 738th most-seen of the 1200 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chinquapin Leafminer Moth in Boston on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Chinquapin Leafminer Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Boston, in our data
Boston is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chinquapin Leafminer Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Chinquapin Leafminer Moth that you can see in Boston (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Small White (about 30%), Monarch (about 30%) and Red Admiral (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chinquapin Leafminer Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Boston (12 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.
