Haploa lecontei
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Haploa lecontei, or Leconte's haploa, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1832. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to Georgia, west to Manitoba through Arkansas.
The wingspan is 36–50 mm. The larvae feed on various plants, including apple, blackberry, peach, spearmint and trembling aspen. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Minneapolis [Saint Paul] | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Leconte's Haploa Moth sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 133 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Leconte's Haploa Moth in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Leconte's Haploa Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Leconte's Haploa Moth sightings, Great Smoky Mountains National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Elk Island National Park (Canada, about 20%).
Same genus: Haploa
The closest relatives of the Leconte's Haploa Moth that you can see in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (genus Haploa) are Neighbor Moth (about 10%) and Clymene Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Leconte's Haploa Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (133 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.
