Maliattha synochitis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Maliattha synochitis, the black-dotted maliattha or black-dotted lithacodia, is an owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868. The MONA or Hodges number for Maliattha synochitis is 9049. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Dallas | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Toronto | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Baltimore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | San Antonio | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Chicago | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Houston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Boston | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Washington | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph sighting in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 630th most-seen of the 723 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-Dotted Glyph in Shenandoah National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months.
Between midnight and 3 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-Dotted Glyph sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-Dotted Glyph sightings, Shenandoah National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Acadia National Park (United States, about 10%).
Same family: Noctuidae
The closest relatives of the Black-Dotted Glyph that you can see in Shenandoah National Park (family Noctuidae, Cutworm Moths and Allies) are Beautiful Wood-Nymph (about 20%), American Dagger (about 10%) and Eight-Spotted Forester Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-Dotted Glyph is recorded against all the insects logged in Shenandoah 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.
