Turuptiana obliqua
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Turuptiana obliqua is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turuptiana obliqua sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 302 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April–May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Turuptiana obliqua in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, June–July and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Turuptiana obliqua sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Arenal Volcano National Park, in our data
Arenal Volcano National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Turuptiana obliqua sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Turuptiana obliqua that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Feigeria herilia (about 10%), Black Witch (about 10%) and Dysgonia purpurata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Turuptiana obliqua is recorded against all the insects logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (10 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.
