Genus

Mint Moths

Pyrausta

25 species in our catalog · found in 28 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderLepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
FamilyCrambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
GenusPyrausta (Mint Moths)

Species in this group

Pyrausta despicata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pyrausta aerealis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pyrausta limbopunctalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pyrausta aurata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pyrausta sanguinalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta insignitalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta tyralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta falcatalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta purpuralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta phoenicealis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta ignealis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta pseudonythesalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta semirubralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta subsequalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta orphisalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta unifascialis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pyrausta lethalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta nigrata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta rubricalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta acrionalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta testalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta augustalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta homonymalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta signatalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pyrausta acontialis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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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

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Mint Moths

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

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 25	~40%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~20%
	Pyrausta limbopunctalis			~20%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			~10%
2	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	6 of 25	~30%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Pyrausta aerealis			~10%
	Wavy-Barred Sable			<5%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			<5%
3	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 25	~30%
	Mint Moth			~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
4	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 25	~30%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
5	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 25	~30%
	Pyrausta aerealis			~20%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			~10%
6	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	4 of 25	~30%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~20%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			<5%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
	Pyrausta acontialis			<5%
7	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
8	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~20%
9	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	2 of 25	~20%
	Pyrausta falcatalis			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			~10%
10	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~20%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
11	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
12	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 25	~20%
	Pyrausta ignealis			~10%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			~10%
13	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1 of 25	~10%
	Pyrausta insignitalis			~10%
14	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 25	~10%
	Pyrausta aerealis			~10%
15	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 25	~10%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Pyrausta homonymalis			<5%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
16	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Rusty Pyrausta			~10%
	One-Banded Pyrausta			~10%
17	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
18	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Orange Mint Moth			~10%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
19	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
20	Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
21	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 25	~10%
	Pyrausta aerealis			~10%
22	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Desert Pyrausta			~10%
23	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	2 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Pyrausta augustalis			<5%
24	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Rusty Pyrausta			~10%
25	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Mottled Pyrausta Moth			~10%
26	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	<5%
	Lethal Pyrausta			<5%
27	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 25	<5%
	Incolorous Pearl			<5%
28	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	<5%
	Rusty Pyrausta			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 25	~30%
	Mint Moth			~20%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			<5%
2	Jamshedpur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 25	~30%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			~30%
3	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 25	~30%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~20%
	Mint Moth			~10%
4	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 25	~20%
	Mint Moth			~20%
5	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 25	~20%
	Mint Moth			~20%
6	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	2 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
7	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 25	~20%
	Mint Moth			~20%
8	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 25	~20%
	Mint Moth			~20%
9	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	3 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
10	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	3 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			<5%
11	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	3 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
12	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 25	~20%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
13	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 25	~10%
	Orange Mint Moth			~10%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
14	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
15	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
16	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	4 of 25	~10%
	Orange Mint Moth			~10%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
17	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			<5%
18	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 25	~10%
	Desert Pyrausta			<5%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
19	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			<5%
20	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 25	~10%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
21	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
22	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	2 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
23	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
24	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	1 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
25	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
26	Monterrey	🇲🇽 México	2 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
	Desert Pyrausta			<5%
27	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			<5%
	Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth			<5%
28	Hyderabad	🇮🇳 India	1 of 25	~10%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			~10%
29	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 25	~10%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			~10%
30	Chennai	🇮🇳 India	2 of 25	~10%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			<5%
	Incolorous Pearl			<5%
31	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
32	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
33	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 25	~10%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
34	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
35	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 25	~10%
	Scarce Crimson And Gold			~10%
36	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 25	~10%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
37	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	1 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
38	Orlando	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			~10%
39	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
40	Pune	🇮🇳 India	1 of 25	~10%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			~10%
41	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 25	~10%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
	Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth			<5%
42	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
43	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 25	~10%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			~10%
44	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 25	~10%
	Mint Moth			~10%
45	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
46	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 25	~10%
	Raspberry Pyrausta Moth			<5%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
47	Guadalajara	🇲🇽 México	1 of 25	<5%
	Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth			<5%
48	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	1 of 25	<5%
	Mint Moth			<5%
49	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 25	<5%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			<5%
50	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 25	<5%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
51	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 25	<5%
	Straw-Barred Pearl			<5%
52	Bengaluru	🇮🇳 India	1 of 25	<5%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			<5%
53	Minneapolis [Saint Paul]	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	<5%
	Orange Mint Moth			<5%
54	San Antonio	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	<5%
	Desert Pyrausta			<5%
55	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 25	<5%
	Perilla Leaf Moth			<5%
56	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 25	<5%
	Mottled Pyrausta Moth			<5%

Mint Moths

Species in this group

Straw-Barred Pearl

Pyrausta aerealis

Pyrausta limbopunctalis

Mint Moth

Scarce Crimson And Gold

Pyrausta insignitalis

Coffee-Loving Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta falcatalis

Common Crimson-And-Gold Moth

Perilla Leaf Moth

Pyrausta ignealis

Desert Pyrausta

Rusty Pyrausta

Mottled Pyrausta Moth

Orange Mint Moth

One-Banded Pyrausta

Lethal Pyrausta

Wavy-Barred Sable

Variable Reddish Pyrausta Moth

Mint-Loving Pyrausta Moth

Incolorous Pearl

Pyrausta augustalis

Pyrausta homonymalis

Raspberry Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta acontialis

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Mint Moths

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked