Macalla zelleri
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Macalla zelleri, or Zeller's epipaschia moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Macalla. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. It is found from Ontario and New Jersey to Florida and west to Arizona and Minnesota.
The larvae feed on Rhus radicans. They have a yellow body and light red head with pale freckles. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Zeller's Macalla Moth sighting in Point Pelee National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 167th most-seen of the 196 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Zeller's Macalla Moth in Point Pelee National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to May, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Zeller's Macalla 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.
Only Point Pelee National Park, in our data
Point Pelee National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Zeller's Macalla Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Zeller's Macalla Moth that you can see in Point Pelee National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Red Admiral (about 40%), Hackberry Emperor (about 40%) and Eastern Giant Swallowtail (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Zeller's Macalla Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Point Pelee 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.
