Hyles livornica
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Hyles livornica, the striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper described the striped hawk-moth in 1780 using a specimen found in Italy at Livorno (hence the Latin name livornica). In 1819 Jacob Hübner allocated this species in his newly erected genus Hyles.
Until the 20th century Hyles livornica has been considered conspecific with the American Hyles lineata and is therefore under that name (or as Celerio lineata ssp. livornica) found in the older literature. Similar was the case with the Hyles livornicoides, which is prevalent in Australia. Hyles renneri from Nepal is sometimes treated as a valid species.
On the basis of DNA testing it is well established that H. livornica in its entire Afro-Palaearctic distribution forms a genetic and taxonomic unit. This results in the following relationships among the Palaearctic widespread species of the genus Hyles:
This species is found in Africa, southern Europe, Poland, Australia, and central and east Asia. Hyles livornica has a wingspan reaching 60–80 mm. Males are slightly smaller than females. The forewings and the body are mainly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 6 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
No species of the same family or order lives in Mashhad, so these are its closest relatives here: other insects.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Hawkmoth sighting in Mashhad on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Hawkmoth in Mashhad on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month. That is one of Mashhad's wettest months, with about 30 mm of rain against almost none in August. January and June–July have too few records to rate.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Hawkmoth sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 17 cities where we can rate Striped Hawkmoth sightings, Mashhad has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Kuwait City (Kuwait, about 30%) and Marrakesh (Morocco, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Striped Hawkmoth is recorded against all the insects logged in Mashhad (9 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.
