Theretra pallicosta
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Theretra pallicosta, the white-edged hunter hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from Sri Lanka and India, east through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Hong Kong and Taiwan and south through Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Guangzhou | 🇨🇳 China |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 252nd most-seen of the 482 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
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Only Guangzhou, in our data
Guangzhou is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (11 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.
