Donacostola notabilis
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Donacostola notabilis is a species of moth in the family Xyloryctidae, and the only species in the genus Donacostola. The species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1928; the genus established by Edward Meyrick in 1931. The species is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 34–37 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous with brown markings. There is a fairly broad but indistinct median stripe from the base to the apex and a very obscure narrow streak along the dorsum to near the tornus. The first discal spot is minute and the plical spot is obsolete. The second discal is large and round. There is subterminal and terminal series of hardly perceptible dots. The hindwings are shining ochreous-white. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Donacostola notabilis sighting in Egmont National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 191 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Donacostola notabilis in Egmont National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–August and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Donacostola notabilis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Egmont National Park, in our data
Egmont National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Donacostola notabilis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Donacostola notabilis that you can see in Egmont National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Forest Semilooper (about 20%), Astelia Zig-Zag Moth (about 20%) and Oblique-Waved Fern Looper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Donacostola notabilis is recorded against all the insects logged in Egmont National Park (13 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.
