Yellow Streaked Snout

Yellow Streaked Snout

Hypena varialis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Durban

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at Durban
March Best month

About the Yellow Streaked Snout

Hypena varialis, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India and Sri Lanka. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Durban 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow Streaked Snout in Durban?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Streaked Snout sighting in Durban on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 248th most-seen of the 401 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.

When is the best time to see a Yellow Streaked Snout in Durban?

January, March–April and June

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow Streaked Snout in Durban on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and July–December, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Yellow Streaked Snout?

Only Durban, in our data

Durban is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow Streaked Snout sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Yellow Streaked Snout sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow Streaked Snout is recorded against all the insects logged in Durban (8 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.

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