Temnora pylades
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Temnora pylades is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The forewings are similar to Temnora pylas pylas, but the apex is more acutely pointed and the tornus is more produced backwards. The hindwing costa is slightly dilated basally. The forewing upperside is also similar to Temnora pylas pylas but the centre of the antemedian band is not filled in with brown, the postmedian band is less well developed (appearing more like an oblique diffuse shade), the grey triangular area is bound by the costa and the postmedian band and submarginal line are smaller and less distinct. The hindwing upperside is also similar to Temnora pylades pylades, but the postmedian line is darker and often visible within the orange postmedian band. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gate Temnora sighting in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 141st most-seen of the 198 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March–April and June–July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gate Temnora in Addo Elephant National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and August–December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gate Temnora sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Addo Elephant National Park, in our data
Addo Elephant National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gate Temnora sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Gate Temnora that you can see in Addo Elephant National Park (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are African Hummingbird Hawkmoth (about 10%), Common Striped Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Cape Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gate Temnora is recorded against all the insects logged in Addo Elephant National Park (6 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.
