Plataea trilinearia
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Plataea trilinearia, the sagebrush girdle, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for Plataea trilinearia is 6926. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sagebrush Girdle Moth sighting in Grand Teton National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 130th most-seen of the 140 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.
June and July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Sagebrush Girdle Moth in Grand Teton National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months. Those are among Grand Teton National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 85 mm in December.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sagebrush Girdle Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Grand Teton National Park, in our data
Grand Teton National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Sagebrush Girdle Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Sagebrush Girdle Moth that you can see in Grand Teton National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Spotted Tussock Moth (about 30%), Weidemeyer's Admiral (about 30%) and Western Tent Caterpillar Moth (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sagebrush Girdle Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Grand Teton 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.
