Asturodes fimbriauralis

Asturodes fimbriauralis

Asturodes fimbriauralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Braulio Carrillo National Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%

21 Verified sightings at Braulio Carrillo National Park From 2019 to 2026
21 In 1 park
June Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Asturodes fimbriauralis

Asturodes is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Margaroniini. It contains four species in the subtropical and tropical Americas. The caterpillars of Asturodes feed on leaves of Rhamnaceae species, with A. fimbriauralis recorded from Colubrina arborescens.

Asturodes fimbriauralis (Guenée, 1854), type species, reportedly found in Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States (Florida), and Peru. (but these sources predate the description of the other three species)

Asturodes junkoshimurae Solis in Solis, Phillips-Rodríguez, Hallwachs, Dapkey & Janzen, 2020, found in Costa Rica Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing an Asturodes fimbriauralis in Braulio Carrillo National Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Asturodes fimbriauralis sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 96th most-seen of the 378 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see an Asturodes fimbriauralis in Braulio Carrillo National Park?

February, June and December

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Asturodes fimbriauralis in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see an Asturodes fimbriauralis?

Between 7 and 10 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Asturodes fimbriauralis sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Where else can you see an Asturodes fimbriauralis?

Only Braulio Carrillo National Park, in our data

Braulio Carrillo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Asturodes fimbriauralis sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Asturodes fimbriauralis live in Braulio Carrillo National Park?

Same family: Crambidae

The closest relatives of the Asturodes fimbriauralis that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (family Crambidae, Crambid Snout Moths) are Conchylodes nolckenialis (about 20%), Desmia bajulalis (about 10%) and Orange-Spotted Flower Moth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Asturodes fimbriauralis sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Asturodes fimbriauralis is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo National Park (21 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.

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