Pyrgotis pyramidias
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Pyrgotis pyramidias is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "At Risk, Naturally Uncommon" by the Department of Conservation. This species is regarded as having two 'forms' although doubt has been expressed whether these are the same species.
P. pyramidias was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 from a specimen collected by Alfred Philpott in Invercargill. George Hudson described and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. In 1971 John S. Dugdale confirmed the placement of this species in the genus Pyrgotis. The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. The holotype represents P. pyramidias sensu stricto.
Meyrick originally described the species as follows: ♂︎. 16 m.m. Head orange. Palpi ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax orange-ochreous. Forewings rather elongate-triangnlar, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, prominent, termen oblique, rather sharply concave on upper half, prominent in middle; reddish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark crimson, suffusedly irrorated with whitish except towards base and dorsal... 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 Pyrgotis pyramidias sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 128th 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.
January and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pyrgotis pyramidias in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pyrgotis pyramidias sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Fiordland National Park, in our data
Fiordland National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pyrgotis pyramidias sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tortricidae
The closest relatives of the Pyrgotis pyramidias that you can see in Fiordland National Park (family Tortricidae, Tortricid Leafroller Moths) are Capua semiferana (about 10%), Planotortrix flammea (about 10%) and Blackheaded Leafroller (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pyrgotis pyramidias is recorded against all the insects logged in Fiordland National Park (9 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.
