Pyralis manihotalis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Pyralis manihotalis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Guadalajara | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 395th most-seen of the 477 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tropical Meal Moth in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in September and November–July, the lowest months. Those are among Bengaluru's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tropical Meal Moth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
8th of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Tropical Meal Moth sightings, Bengaluru ranks 8th at under 5%. The best odds are in Recife (Brazil, about 20%), Goiânia (Brazil, about 20%) and Brasilia (Brazil, about 10%).
Same order: Lepidoptera
The closest relatives of the Tropical Meal Moth that you can see in Bengaluru (order Lepidoptera, Butterflies and Moths) are Common Mormon Swallowtail (about 40%), Common Evening Brown (about 30%) and Common Castor Butterfly (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tropical Meal Moth is recorded against all the insects logged in Bengaluru (6 verified sightings), 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.
