Feralia comstocki
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Feralia comstocki, or Comstock's sallow, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from the southern Appalachians north to the Maritime provinces, west across the southern boreal forest to Vancouver Island, south to Oregon. In Alberta, the species has been collected from the Lake Athabasca and Zama areas south to about Pigeon Lake.
The wingspan is 33–35 mm. The moth flies from April to June depending on the location. The larvae feed on Pinus species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Comstock's Sallow sighting in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, based on 60 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 56th most-seen of the 235 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.
April
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Comstock's Sallow in Great Bear Rainforest on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Comstock's Sallow sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Bear Rainforest, in our data
Great Bear Rainforest is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Comstock's Sallow sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Comstock's Sallow that you can see in Great Bear Rainforest (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Large Yellow Underwing (about 20%), Large Gray Dagger (about 10%) and American Angle Shades (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Comstock's Sallow is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Bear Rainforest (60 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.
