Cnephasia jactatana
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The black-lyre leafroller moth ("Cnephasia" jactatana) is a tortrix moth species of the family Tortricidae. The black-lyre leafroller moth is endemic to New Zealand and is common throughout the country. It belongs to the subfamily Tortricinae and therein to tribe Cnephasiini. But among these, it is in fact not close enough to the type species of Cnephasia – Cnephasia pasiuana of Europe – to properly belong in that genus. Alternatively, it has variously been referred to Batodes (= Ditula) or Paedisca (= Epinotia); if anything it might belong to the latter, presently circumscribed as a large and wide-ranging group of uncertain monophyly. But its actual genus has yet to be determined with certainty.
The larvae of this species can commonly be found on the hounds tongue fern in a silken tube, feeding on the leaves of that fern. They prefer older leaves. The... 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lyre Moth sighting in Rakiura National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 103rd most-seen of the 118 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lyre Moth in Rakiura National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–June and August–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lyre Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 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 Lyre Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Tortricidae
The closest relatives of the Lyre Moth that you can see in Rakiura National Park (family Tortricidae, Tortricid Leafroller Moths) are Blackheaded Leafroller (about 20%), Painted Wedge (about 10%) and Capua semiferana (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lyre Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Rakiura National Park (5 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.
