Family

Plume Moths

Pterophoridae

23 species in our catalog · found in 23 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderLepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
FamilyPterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Species in this group

Petrophora chlorosata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Pterophorus monospilalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Amblyptilia repletalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Megalorhipida leucodactylus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Stenoptilodes taprobanes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Emmelina monodactyla

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Stangeia xerodes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Exelastis pumilio

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sinpunctiptilia emissalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nippoptilia cinctipedalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Buckleria paludum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Sphenarches anisodactylus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Amblyptilia pica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Petrophora subaequaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hellinsia homodactylus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Petrophora convergata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Petrophora narbonea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Lantanophaga pusillidactylus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Imbophorus aptalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

<5%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

<5%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Plume Moths

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	2 of 23	~30%
	Araliad Plume			~20%
	Amblyptilia repletalis			~20%
2	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 23	~30%
	Sri Lanka Plume Moth			~10%
	Dwarf Plume Moth			~10%
	Nippoptilia cinctipedalis			~10%
	Sundew Plume Moth			~10%
3	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 23	~20%
	Brown Silver-Line			~20%
4	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
5	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 23	~20%
	Brown Silver-Line			~20%
6	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
7	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~20%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			~20%
8	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 23	~20%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			~10%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			<5%
	Sri Lanka Plume Moth			<5%
	Sinpunctiptilia emissalis			<5%
	Imbophorus aptalis			<5%
9	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 23	~20%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Petrophora narbonea			<5%
10	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 23	~10%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			~10%
	Sinpunctiptilia emissalis			~10%
11	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Spiderling Plume Moth			~10%
12	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Stangeia xerodes			~10%
13	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Northern Petrophora Moth			<5%
	Plain Plume Moth			<5%
14	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 23	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
15	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Dwarf Plume Moth			<5%
	Lantana Plume Moth			<5%
16	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 23	~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
17	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 23	~10%
	Amblyptilia repletalis			~10%
18	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 23	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
19	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Cosmoclostis aglaodesma			~10%
20	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
21	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 23	<5%
	Geranium Plume Moth			<5%
22	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 23	<5%
	Petrophora convergata			<5%
23	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 23	<5%
	Spiderling Plume Moth			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 23	~30%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~20%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Brown Silver-Line			<5%
2	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
3	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 23	~20%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			~10%
	Stangeia xerodes			<5%
	Sinpunctiptilia emissalis			<5%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			<5%
	Spiderling Plume Moth			<5%
4	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 23	~20%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			~10%
	Lantana Plume Moth			~10%
	Stangeia xerodes			<5%
5	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	6 of 23	~20%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			<5%
	Lantana Plume Moth			<5%
	Sri Lanka Plume Moth			<5%
	Stangeia xerodes			<5%
	Spiderling Plume Moth			<5%
	Nippoptilia cinctipedalis			<5%
6	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~20%
7	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	3 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Brown Silver-Line			<5%
8	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2 of 23	~20%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
9	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	4 of 23	~20%
	Lantana Plume Moth			~10%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			<5%
	Amblyptilia repletalis			<5%
	Stangeia xerodes			<5%
10	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
11	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
12	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
13	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
14	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	2 of 23	~10%
	Lantana Plume Moth			~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
15	Paris	🇫🇷 France	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
16	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
17	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
18	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
19	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
20	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
21	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
	Plain Plume Moth			<5%
22	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
23	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 23	~10%
	Spiderling Plume Moth			<5%
	Dwarf Plume Moth			<5%
	Lantana Plume Moth			<5%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			<5%
24	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
25	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
26	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
27	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
28	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
29	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	2 of 23	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
30	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
31	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
32	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
33	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
34	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
35	Detroit	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
36	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 23	~10%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			~10%
	Dowdy Plume Moth			<5%
37	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 23	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
38	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Geranium Plume Moth			<5%
	Lantana Plume Moth			<5%
39	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
40	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
41	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
42	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Lantana Plume Moth			<5%
	Geranium Plume Moth			<5%
43	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
44	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			<5%
45	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			<5%
46	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
47	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Rose Plume Moth			<5%
48	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
49	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
	Geranium Plume Moth			<5%
50	Dublin	🇮🇪 Ireland	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
51	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
52	Almaty	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1 of 23	~10%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			~10%
53	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
54	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
55	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
56	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
57	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
58	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
59	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 23	<5%
	Morning-Glory Plume Moth			<5%
60	Chennai	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	<5%
	Fire-Flag Plume Moth			<5%

Plume Moths

Species in this group

Brown Silver-Line

Dowdy Plume Moth

Araliad Plume

Amblyptilia repletalis

Spiderling Plume Moth

Sri Lanka Plume Moth

Morning-Glory Plume Moth

Stangeia xerodes

Dwarf Plume Moth

White Plume Moth

Sinpunctiptilia emissalis

Nippoptilia cinctipedalis

Cosmoclostis aglaodesma

Sundew Plume Moth

Fire-Flag Plume Moth

Geranium Plume Moth

Northern Petrophora Moth

Plain Plume Moth

Petrophora convergata

Petrophora narbonea

Lantana Plume Moth

Imbophorus aptalis

Rose Plume Moth

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Plume Moths

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked