Monopis ethelella
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Monopis ethelella is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Newman in 1856. It is found in Australia and New Zealand. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dead Sheep Moth sighting in Rakiura National Park on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 118 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Dead Sheep Moth in Rakiura National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dead Sheep Moth 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 Rakiura National Park, in our data
Rakiura National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dead Sheep Moth sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Dead Sheep Moth that you can see in Rakiura National Park (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Forest Semilooper (about 40%), New Zealand Cutworm (about 30%) and Common Forest Looper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dead Sheep Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Rakiura National Park (19 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.
