Pyralis (Meal Moths) — Wallace's Line

Species in this group

Pyralis manihotalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyralis regalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyralis farinalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

<5%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Meal Moths

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

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 3	~10%
	Pyralis regalis			~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
2	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Tropical Meal Moth			~10%
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1 of 3	~10%
	Tropical Meal Moth			~10%
4	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
5	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
6	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
7	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
8	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
9	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
10	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
11	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 3	~20%
	Meal Moth			~20%
2	Recife	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Tropical Meal Moth			~20%
3	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	~20%
	Meal Moth			~20%
4	Ankara	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 3	~20%
	Meal Moth			~20%
5	Goiânia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Tropical Meal Moth			~20%
6	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
7	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
8	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
	Pyralis regalis			<5%
9	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
10	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
11	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
12	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
13	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
14	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
15	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
16	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
17	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
18	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
19	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
20	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
21	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
22	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
23	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
24	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
25	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
26	Seoul	🇰🇷 South Korea	2 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			<5%
	Pyralis regalis			<5%
27	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
28	Santiago	🇨🇱 Chile	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
29	Salt Lake City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
30	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
31	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
32	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
33	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
34	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
35	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
36	Detroit	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
37	Cordoba	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
38	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
39	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
40	Sacramento	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
41	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
42	Almaty	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
43	Denver	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
44	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
45	Brasilia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Tropical Meal Moth			~10%
46	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
47	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
48	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
49	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
50	Nanjing	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	~10%
	Pyralis regalis			~10%
51	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
52	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 3	~10%
	Meal Moth			~10%
53	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
54	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
55	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
56	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
57	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
58	Belo Horizonte	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	<5%
	Tropical Meal Moth			<5%
59	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%
60	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 3	<5%
	Meal Moth			<5%

Meal Moths

Species in this group

Tropical Meal Moth

Pyralis regalis

Meal Moth

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Meal Moths

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked