Caloptilia selenitis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Caloptilia selenitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand. The larvae mine the leaves of Lophozonia menziesii. The larvae form cocoons between the joined leaves of their host plant. The late instar larva of make a pouch of two or three terminal leaves on twigs. Pouches containing larvae are shed and fall to the ground in autumn while the larvae are still present. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Beech Pouchmaker 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 96th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Silver Beech Pouchmaker in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February to October, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Silver Beech Pouchmaker sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: 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 Silver Beech Pouchmaker sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Silver Beech Pouchmaker 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 Silver Beech Pouchmaker 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.
