Phycita roborella
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Phycita roborella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is – under its junior synonym Tinea spissicella – the type species of its genus Phycita, and by extension of the subfamily Phycitinae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 24–29 mm.The forewings are fuscous, mixed or tinged with reddish and sprinkled with grey whitish, more whitish-suffused towards dorsum between lines;
an erect triangular reddish-brown blackish-mixed patch from dorsum before first line, often preceded by a whitish shade; first and second lines pale, internally darker-edged; a curved darker transverse discal mark; some short black dashes on veins near before second line. Hindwings fuscous.The larva is brown-reddish, yellowish-freckled; subdorsal and lateral lines darker; head reddish-brown; 2 black-spotted; a white black ringed lateral spot on 3: amongst spun leaves of oak.
The moth flies in one generation from the end of June to September [1]. The caterpillars feed on oak, apple and pear. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Oak Knot-Horn sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 473rd most-seen of the 597 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Oak Knot-Horn in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dotted Oak Knot-Horn 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 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dotted Oak Knot-Horn sightings, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Bavarian Forest National Park (Germany, about 10%).
Same family: Pyralidae
The closest relatives of the Dotted Oak Knot-Horn that you can see in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (family Pyralidae, Pyralid Snout Moths) are Long-Legged Tabby (about 10%), Acrobasis obliqua (about 10%) and Rosy Tabby (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dotted Oak Knot-Horn is recorded against all the insects logged in Sierra de Guadarrama 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.
