Caloptilia violacella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Caloptilia violacella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, New York and Texas in the United States. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Desmodium species (including Desmodium rotundifolium) and Meibomia dillenii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. 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 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia Moth sighting in Everglades National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 354th 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.
January, April–May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia Moth in Everglades National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June–August and October–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia 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.
Only Everglades National Park, in our data
Everglades National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia Moth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gracillariidae
The closest relatives of the Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia Moth that you can see in Everglades National Park (family Gracillariidae, Leaf Blotch Miner Moths) are Chilocampyla dyariella (about 10%) and Phyllocnistis vitegenella (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Everglades National Park (7 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.
