Atteva punctella
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Atteva pustulella, also known as polilla cigarrito arlequín or little cigarette harlequin moth, is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found from Costa Rica, where it meets Atteva aurea, southwards to Uruguay and Argentina. It is also present in the Antilles. There are also several reports from Dominica, Jamaica, Haiti and Martinique.
The larvae feed only on new shoots of Simarouba amara. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ailanthus Webworm Moth sighting in New York City on a given day, based on 723 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 38th most-seen of the 1623 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Ailanthus Webworm Moth in New York City on a given day, against under 5% in December to May, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ailanthus Webworm Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
13th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Ailanthus Webworm Moth sightings, New York City ranks 13th at about 10%. The best odds are in Mendoza (Argentina, about 40%), Detroit (United States, about 30%) and Chicago (United States, about 20%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Ailanthus Webworm Moth that you can see in New York City (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Monarch (about 30%), Small White (about 20%) 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 Ailanthus Webworm Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in New York City (723 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.
