Drasteria inepta
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Drasteria inepta, the inept drasteria, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Arizona to Texas, north to Colorado and Utah. The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Inept Graphic sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 57 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Inept Graphic in Guadalupe Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, July and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of Guadalupe Mountains National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Inept Graphic sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Guadalupe Mountains National Park, in our data
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Inept Graphic sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Inept Graphic that you can see in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Catocala frederici (about 10%), Speckled Tussock Moth (about 10%) and Black Witch (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Inept Graphic is recorded against all the insects logged in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (7 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.
