Atteva punctella
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Atteva pustulella, also known as polilla cigarrito arlequín or little cigarette harlequin moth, is a moth of the family Attevidae. It is found from Costa Rica, where it meets Atteva aurea, southwards to Uruguay and Argentina. It is also present in the Antilles. There are also several reports from Dominica, Jamaica, Haiti and Martinique.
The larvae feed only on new shoots of Simarouba amara. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Detroit | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ailanthus Webworm Moth sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 54 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 113th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ailanthus Webworm Moth in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in December to June, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ailanthus Webworm Moth 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.
6th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Ailanthus Webworm Moth sightings, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (Trinidad and Tobago, about 20%), Shenandoah National Park (United States, about 20%) and Point Pelee National Park (Canada, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Ailanthus Webworm Moth that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Pipevine Swallowtail (about 70%), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (about 50%) and Silver-Spotted Skipper (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ailanthus Webworm Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (54 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.
