Cymaroa grisea
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cymaroa is a monotypic of tiger moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1905. Its only species, Cymaroa grisea, was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. It is found in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cymaroa grisea sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 132nd most-seen of the 311 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cymaroa grisea in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cymaroa grisea sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cymaroa grisea sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Erebidae
The closest relatives of the Cymaroa grisea that you can see in Cape Town (family Erebidae, Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths) are Brown Tricolour Tiger Moth (about 20%), Heady Maiden (about 20%) and Zebra Ermine (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cymaroa grisea is recorded against all the insects logged in Cape Town (24 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.
