Apatelodes torrefacta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Apatelodes torrefacta, the spotted apatelodes, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae. The species was first described by Smith in 1797. It is found in North America from Maine and southern Ontario to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Wisconsin.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year in the south and one in the north. The larvae start off gray and become a bright yellow color as they mature. They feed on Fraxinus, Prunus, Acer and Quercus species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Apatelodes Moth sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 431 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Apatelodes Moth in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Apatelodes Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Spotted Apatelodes Moth sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (United States, about 20%) and Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Spotted Apatelodes Moth that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Zebra Longwing (about 30%), Monarch (about 30%) and Pipevine Swallowtail (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Apatelodes Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (15 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
