Psilogramma increta
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Psilogramma increta, the plain grey hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth sighting in Chennai on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 188th most-seen of the 376 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.
April, August and October–February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Grey Hawkmoth in Chennai on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–July and September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 18
Of the 18 cities where we can rate Plain Grey Hawkmoth sightings, Chennai ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Xiuying District (China, about 20%), Nagoya (Japan, about 20%) and Shanghai (China, about 10%).
Same family: Sphingidae
The closest relatives of the Plain Grey Hawkmoth that you can see in Chennai (family Sphingidae, Sphinx Moths) are Pellucid Hawkmoth (about 10%), Oleander Hawkmoth (about 10%) and Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Grey Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Chennai (13 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.
