Iridopsis obliquaria
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Iridopsis obliquaria, the oblique looper moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. The MONA or Hodges number for Iridopsis obliquaria is 6577. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bend National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Oblique Looper Moth sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 169th most-seen of the 329 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.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Oblique Looper Moth in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and October–February, the lowest months. That is one of Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 10 mm in April.
Between 11 pm and 2 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Oblique Looper Moth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Big Bend National Park, in our data
Big Bend National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Oblique Looper Moth sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Geometridae
The closest relatives of the Oblique Looper Moth that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Geometridae, Geometer Moths) are Dwarf Tawny Wave (about 10%), Bicolored Chloraspilates Moth (about 10%) and Idaea gemmata (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Oblique Looper Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (12 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.
