Xylophanes loelia
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Xylophanes loelia is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1878. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Xylophanes loelia sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 290th most-seen of the 378 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.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Xylophanes loelia in Braulio Carrillo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Xylophanes loelia sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
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 Xylophanes loelia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Xylophanes
The closest relatives of the Xylophanes loelia that you can see in Braulio Carrillo National Park (genus Xylophanes) are Xylophanes zurcheri (about 30%), Xylophanes belti (about 10%) and Leafy Sphinx (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Xylophanes loelia is recorded against all the insects logged in Braulio Carrillo 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.
