Compsus canescens
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Compsus canescens is a species of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. This species is endemic to Colombia, commonly found in Bogotá and surrounding areas. Compsus canescens was described for the first time by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1840, page 181, under the genus Platyomus. It belongs to the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Eustylini.
The holotype for Compsus canescens is housed at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NHRS-JLKB000022893). The original diagnosis, in Latin, offered by Boheman is as follows: Oblongus, niger, breviter setulosus, supra squamulis canis lateribus et
subtus argenteis tectus, thorace profunde sat crebre rugoso, dorso lato profunde lateribus obsoletius longitudinaliter impresso, antice tenue canaliculato; elytris dorso depressis, sat profunde punctato- striatis, interstitiis alternis elevatis, carinatis, apice breviter mucronatis.
According to this diagnosis, the species can be recognized by the following features: briefly setulose, grey/silver dorsal scales; pronotum depressed medially, coarsely rugose, with lateral longitudinal elevations; elytra dorsally flattened, with moderately marked elytral punctures, with alternate... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Compsus canescens sighting in Bogota on a given day, based on 149 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 101 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Compsus canescens in Bogota on a given day, against about 10% in July and September–February, the lowest months.
Only Bogota, in our data
Bogota is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Compsus canescens sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Compsus canescens is recorded against all the insects logged in Bogota (149 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.
