Kessleria copidota
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Kessleria copidota is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kessleria copidota sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 171st most-seen of the 201 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kessleria copidota in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–October, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kessleria copidota sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Fiordland National Park, in our data
Fiordland National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Kessleria copidota sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Kessleria copidota that you can see in Fiordland National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are New Zealand Red Admiral (about 20%), Lacebark Looper (about 20%) and Forest Semilooper (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kessleria copidota is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (5 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.
