Glyphidocera lactiflosella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Glyphidocera lactiflosella, the five-spotted glyphidocera moth, is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
The wingspan is about 12.7 mm. The forewings are pale cream color, sparsely dusted with brown, and a small brown spot touching the fold above, close to the base of the wing, another a little further back, near the middle two spots, one on the fold, the other on the disc. These two last spots are sometimes confluent. There is a transverse brown streak at the end of the cell, and a distinct brown line curving around the base of the apical cilia. The hindwings are white, tinged with silvery. Adults are on wing from January to October. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 396th most-seen of the 496 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Five-Spotted Glyphidocera in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–October and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Five-Spotted Glyphidocera sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Five-Spotted Glyphidocera that you can see in Everglades National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are White Peacock (about 40%), Julia Heliconian (about 40%) and Gulf Fritillary (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Five-Spotted Glyphidocera is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (6 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.
