Genus

Pterophorus

6 species in our catalog · found in 11 parks

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

Species in this group

Petrophora chlorosata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Pterophorus monospilalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Petrophora subaequaria

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Petrophora convergata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Petrophora narbonea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~20%

May

~10%

Jun

<5%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

~10%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Pterophorus

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

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 6	~20%
	Brown Silver-Line			~20%
2	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 6	~20%
	Brown Silver-Line			~20%
3	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 6	~20%
	Araliad Plume			~20%
4	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Petrophora narbonea			<5%
5	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
6	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
7	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
8	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
9	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 6	<5%
	Northern Petrophora Moth			<5%
10	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
11	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 6	<5%
	Petrophora convergata			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
2	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Brown Silver-Line			<5%
3	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	2 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
	Brown Silver-Line			<5%
4	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 6	~10%
	Brown Silver-Line			~10%
5	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
6	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
7	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
8	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 6	~10%
	White Plume Moth			~10%
9	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
10	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
11	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
12	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
13	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
14	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
15	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
16	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
17	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
18	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%
19	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	1 of 6	<5%
	White Plume Moth			<5%

Pterophorus

Species in this group

Brown Silver-Line

Araliad Plume

White Plume Moth

Northern Petrophora Moth

Petrophora convergata

Petrophora narbonea

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Pterophorus

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked